Opera at Guild Hall
The next offering in The Met: Live in HD at Guild Hall, set for Saturday at 1 p.m., is a new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s “La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker),” which premiered in Milan in 1831.
Rolando Villazon, a tenor who has embarked on a second career as a director, retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its somnambulant plot, says the Met, “to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind.”
Nadine Sierra, a soprano, sings the title role of Amina, the sleepwalking girl who is engaged to Elvino (Xabier Anduaga, a tenor). Life in their pastoral village is happy until the arrival of Count Rodolfo, a mysterious stranger played by Alexander Vinogradov, a bass. Riccardo Frizza will be at the podium.
Tickets are $30, $27 for members.
News From LongHouse
Louis Bradbury, LongHouse Reserve’s board chairman, has announced the transition of the facility from private to public, along with the success of its ongoing capital campaign and annual appeal, the opening of the house long inhabited by Jack Lenor Larsen, founder of the reserve, and an invitation from New York State to join the National Register of Historic Places.
Starting in January 2026, Carrie Rebora Barratt, LongHouse’s executive director, will transition to a new position as consulting creative director, helping to fulfill the requirements to join the national register. LongHouse will launch a search for a new executive director and will expand the staff to include a head of horticulture and grounds.
Joni Mitchell Tribute
The Joni Project, a tribute band featuring the music and artistry of Joni Mitchell, will perform at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater on Saturday at 8 p.m., with fresh interpretations of songs from throughout Ms. Mitchell’s career. Among them are “Both Sides Now,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Chelsea Morning,” and “Free Man in Paris.”
The band members are Dave Berg (guitar), Dan Ehrlich (bass), Alan Lerner (drums), Mark Mancini (keyboards), Steve Finkelstein (percussion), Premik Russell Tubbs (saxophone and flute), and Victoria Faiella (backing vocals). Collectively, the musicians have performed with the Grateful Dead, the Band, the Doors, and the Neville Brothers, among many others.
Tickets are $42 to $54.
Jazz Night Is Back
Jazz Night returns to the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor tomorrow at 7 p.m. with “Special Edition Latin Jazz.” The musicians are Michael Cruse, trumpet, Oscar Feldman, saxophone, Bill O’Connell, piano, Santi Debriano, bass, and Carly Maldonado and Claes Brondal, percussion. While the music starts at 7, doors open at 6:30, when a dinner lunch box by Tapovana and full refreshment bar service will be available. Tickets are $20.
Also at the temple, Out East will play on Saturday night at 8 as part of the Masonic Music Series. The band members are John Jinks, guitar and lead vocals; Carlos Barrios, bass, and Gerry Giliberti, percussion. Tickets are $20.
Music in a Barn
The newly opened Tractor Barn of the Bridgehampton Museum, located at the Corwith House, 2368 Montauk Highway, will host a performance by Mercer Shavelson, a keyboardist and composer, tomorrow from 5 to 6 p.m.
Based in Brooklyn, Mr. Shavelson has played everywhere from Smalls Jazz Club in Manhattan to the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland. His original music blends his deep jazz background with influences from his work in mindfulness and meditation.
“New Space,” an exhibition of paintings by Jonathan Nash Glynn, is on view in the barn.
Yard Sale and Talk
The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will kick off the weekend with its annual yard sale, on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. till 12:30 p.m., rain or shine, on the grounds of the Bridgehampton Community House and inside its John LoGerfo Library.
The fund-raiser features gently used items such as tools, plant shelves, garden ornaments, pots and containers, garden books, other garden-related items, and plant material. All proceeds benefit the library.
Katherine Kerin, the landscape curator at Innisfree Garden, a 185-acre public garden in the Hudson Valley, will be at the community house on Sunday at 2 p.m. to talk about Innisfree: Lessons of Slow Gardening.
Ms. Kerin has been involved in all aspects of the care of Innisfree, which in 2019 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. She will discuss the design ideas and landscape management techniques in use there successfully for more than 50 years.
Tickets are $10, free for members.
’Echoes and Nostalgia’
A screening of “Echoes and Nostalgia,” a film by Lana Jokel about the exhibition of the same name that was held at the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House during the summer, will be shown at the museum on Sunday at 5 p.m.
That exhibition featured 100 artworks from Ms. Jokel’s personal collection, including works by Andy Warhol, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, and Ed Ruscha, to name a few. Through taped sources and a walking tour, Ms. Jokel reflects on her personal connection to the artists, the stories behind the pieces, and the inspiration for bringing the collection together at the museum.
Jazz in Montauk
The Tickleslap Trio, consisting of Jane Hastay on piano, Peter Martin Weiss on bass, and Bob Stern on violin, will be at the Montauk Library on Sunday at 3 p.m. for a program of “upbeat, chic, swinging, soulful jazz,” according to the Library.
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Correction: The Star regrets that the date of the Tickleslap Trio concert was incorrectly listed in last week’s issue, as was Bob Stern’s name.
