Tag: glimmerglass
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The Ballpark and the Bard: When Baseball Fans Crash the Opera House in Cooperstown
The Ballpark and the Bard: When Baseball Fans Crash the Opera House in Cooperstown A Small Town’s Identity Crisis as Hotels Fill with Spectators of a 12-Year-Old Prodigy Cooperstown, New York, a village etched into the American consciousness as the hallowed ground of baseball, is experiencing a curious cultural collision. While the National Baseball Hall…
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When Opera Meets the Dugout: Cooperstown’s Delicate Balancing Act
When Opera Meets the Dugout: Cooperstown’s Delicate Balancing Act A summer residency in the hallowed halls of baseball’s shrine reveals unexpected tensions between high culture and Little League dreams. Cooperstown, New York. For many, the name conjures images of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the hallowed halls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and…