Edith Wharton
  April 9th, 2026 6:00 PM
Roman Fever Re-imagined: First performance of excerpts from Louis Karchin and Joan Ross Sorkin's new one-act opera 
Kerrigan Bigelow and Sofia Scatterreggia, sopranos Luke Poeppel, music director and pianist

In a celebratory collaboration with The Mount, Edith Wharton's ancestral home and Grace Church in Manhattan, where Wharton was baptised, excerpts from Mr. Karchin's third opera, Roman Fever, based on the Wharton short story, will be performed, interspersed with commentary by the creators in a discussion moderated by Natalie Johnsonius Neubert, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Opera. A reception will follow. The event is free, and tickets may be reserved at this link:

Adapting Wharton: The Operatic Reimagining of Roman Fever, hosted by New York City's Grace Church - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA