RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, February 4, 2026, at 11 am at Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT. The program will also be shown on Zoom at https://bit.ly/30IBj21 and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
“The Glimmerglass Festival”
Join Artistic and General Director of the Glimmerglass Festival, Rob Ainsley, and some of the country's most exciting young opera stars for a thrilling musical dive into the internationally renowned summer festival’s 2026 season.
New York State’s second largest opera company and winner of the 2025 International Opera Award for best musical, the Glimmerglass Festival is based in historic Cooperstown, New York. Offering five mainstage productions and a variety of ancillary events every July and August, it makes for a perfect weekend of art, music, and sightseeing. Performing in a custom-built 918-seat theater with excellent acoustics nestled on the banks of Otsego Lake, coined “Glimmerglass” by author James Fenimore Cooper, the Festival draws crowds of some 30,000 enthusiastic visitors each season from around the world. Over its half-century history, the Festival has also fostered the careers of thousands of artists through its Resident Artist, Apprenticeship, and Artist-in-Residence Programs.
Rob Ainsley is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, Mannes College of Music, and the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. He served for several years as organist of Christ Church, Greenwich, also founding the Greenwich Music Festival with fellow Christ Church alum Ted Huffman. Since then, he has held leadership positions at Portland Opera, Minnesota Opera, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, accompanying singers such as Renée Fleming in recital and speaking on opera and music history to audiences around the country.
Our next presentation, on February 11, will be by Neil Vigdor, “How Did He Get the Shot? The Photography of New York Times Breaking News Journalist Neil Vigdor.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see https://greenwichrma.org.
