Bring on the Berg

In the rolling hills of the Hudson River Valley it is to be a summer of Berg. This year's Bard Music Festival, based at Bard College, focuses on the almighty Austrian modernist and various kindred spirits. In addition to two weekends of concerts in August, Bard will present, in its allied Summerscape series, the American stage premiere of Franz Schreker's complexly decadent opera Der ferne Klang, for which Berg made the vocal score. The production, which opens on July 30, is by Thaddeus...