Wolf Trap Cancels Fall Live Shows, Offers Virtual Alternatives

VIENNA, VA — Wolf Trap has cancelled its fall 2020 live performance season at the Barns at Wolf Trap, including Chamber Music at The Barns concerts. The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts cited circumstances related to the pandemic.

The foundation previously canceled the summer concert season at the Filene Center, Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods and The Barns at Wolf Trap for the first time in nearly 50 years. Barns at Wolf Trap shows in 2020 are listed on Wolf Trap's website as rescheduled for 2021 dates, postponed, or canceled. Anyone who purchased tickets for events rescheduled for fall 2020 will be contacted by email.

"The Foundation is enormously thankful for the continued generosity and support from our donors, patrons, and community as we navigate these challenging times together," reads a statement from Wolf Trap. "We look forward to gathering in person again in celebration of the performing arts, when it is safe to do so."

Although live concerts are paused for the time being, Wolf Trap has offered a sold-out drive-in movie series, on-demand and streaming performances called Wolf Trap Sessions and other initiatives. The foundation is offering online educational resources for families with young children, a reimagined Wolf Trap Opera summer residency program to develop emerging talent and Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts' educator training through digital platforms. These efforts tie into several Wolf Trap Sessions series: the Park Pop-Up performances featuring local artists, UNTRAPPED Online with performances from Wolf Trap Opera, and family-friendly Field Trip Fridays.

The Wolf Trap Sessions schedule includes:

Park Pop-Ups

• Children’s Drumcussionist Uncle Devin, started streaming Aug. 8

• Folk Americana Singer/Songwriter Skribe, started streaming Aug. 15

• Natyabhoomi School of Indian Dance, Aug. 22

• Wolf Trap Opera: Woodland Scenes, Aug. 29

• U.S. Marine Band’s Free Country Acoustic Quartet

• Emerging folk and Americana duo Palmyra

• Jazz ensemble t.l.a.o.o. (Wolf Trap debut)

• Latin American Trio Cantaré

• Eddie From Ohio

UNTRAPPED Online

• Love: Surrender, with 2020 Filene Artists

  • scenes from "Eugene Onegin," started streaming Aug. 16

  • scenes from "La bohème," started streaming Aug. 9

• Orpheus Project, scenes from various versions of the myth of Orpheus, Aug. 23

• Into The Woods, opera scenes that embrace the natural world

  • Part I, Sept. 6

  • Part II, Sept. 13

• Into The Woods, opera scenes that embrace the natural world*

• Studio Spotlight, featuring 2020 Studio Artists

• The Touchstone by Gioacchino Rossini, streaming now

• The Juniper Tree by Philip Glass and Robert Moran, streaming now

• Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, streaming now

• Aria Jukebox, the audience gets to choose!, streaming now

• Bastianello by John Musto, streaming now

• Master Class with Denyce Graves, streaming now

• Merlin’s Island, by Christoph Willibald Gluck, streaming now

• Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aug. 18

• The Emperor of Atlantis, by Viktor Ullmann, Sept. 1

Field Trip Fridays (streaming through Aug. 31)

• Deep Earth, Deep Ocean, by Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner

• Billy’s Bridge, by Penny Russell

• Sights and Sounds of African Music, by Kofi Dennis

• Little Miss Muffet Goes to the Opera!, by Mary Gresock

• New Beginnings, by Valerie Branch

• Grandmother Moon Tells a Tale!, by Deborah “Spice” Kleinmann

• Pernilla’s Amazing Inventions, by Melissa Richardson

Wolf Trap has also started a Music Moves Us fund to support its education and community initiatives, promote next-generation artists, and boost the foundation to continue its work in the performing arts.

This article originally appeared on the Vienna Patch