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Enjoy a picnic in the shade of the Charles Krug’s beautiful Great Lawn. New to Festival attendees in 2024, the Festival Napa Valley Culinary Garden at Charles Krug offers a variety of delicious fare from Napa Valley restaurants and artisan food purveyors.

Families with young children are invited to enjoy fun, hands-on activities together at Festival Napa Valley's Family Zone. Located on the Great Lawn at Charles Krug next to general audience lawn seating, the Family Zone is a family-friendly space where young audience members can explore their creativity before and after Festival performances.

The LMR Jazz Orchestra performs jazz standards and the world premiere of the expanded Napa Valley Suite by Grammy-winner Tom Scott. The ensemble brings the valley to life through Scott’s composition, with each movement celebrating the rhythms of the seasons, from bud break to harvest.

Blending live music with exceptional food and wine, Festival Napa Valley’s signature annual tasting event showcases the best of Napa Valley’s bounty. Taste of Napa invites guests to savor offerings from more than 100 wineries, breweries, restaurants, and artisanal producers, along with a curated selection of craft beverages — all served with the warm hospitality that defines Wine Country.

Festival Napa Valley is pleased to announce the commissioning of The Judgment of Paris, an opera composed by Jake Heggie with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Inspired by the 1976 blind tasting that upended the global wine industry and redefined California’s place in the world, this one-act opera is a compelling, humorous, and richly entertaining work that will resonate with audiences far beyond the wine world.

The Bacchus Society is a community of patrons who share a love of artistic discovery, creative risk, and of Napa Valley’s role as a place where great new work begins. Your support directly fuels the creation of this extraordinary opera and ensures it reaches its full artistic potential. Members will be recognized in Festival materials, with the option to remain anonymous. Gifts at all levels are warmly welcomed.

Festival Napa Valley’s annual signature tasting event comes to southern California for the first time! Joining live music with exceptional food and wine, Taste of Napa celebrates the bounties of Napa Valley and its signature Wine Country hospitality. Guests can savor pours from more than 30 wineries along with culinary creations from Paséa Hotel & Spa.

Randy Waldman is Grammy award winning pianist, arranger, composer, conductor, producer, and also a helicopter and airplane instructor. He has toured with Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, George Benson and more. His can be heard on the motion pictures Titanic, Ghostbusters, Forrest Gump, The Bodyguard, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, Mission: Impossible, to name a few.
 

  Frost School of Music, University of Miami
Jenny Snyder has earned international recognition as a solo and collaborative pianist, vocal coach, music director, and composer. She is on faculty at the Frost School of Music of the University of Miami, and she performs regularly with the Nu Deco Ensemble and the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Alarm Will Sound. 

Festival Napa Valley attracts some of the world’s finest vocalists, who serve as faculty and coaches for the vocal conservatory. Performing with renowned vocalists is a distinctive part of the conservatory experience at Festival Napa Valley.

A comprehensive celebration of the vocal arts, the Manetti Shrem Opera Program nurtures the creative careers of some of the world's most talented singers and pianists in a tuition-free summer training program.

Claire Manjarrès is a director who enjoys blending different arts and styles in her productions. She has directed operas for theaters in France and founded the company, OP'LA! which specializes in adapting operas into short versions for families. She also works as a playwright and director alongside choreographers creating ballets and operas.

Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Conductor Laureate of the Hawaii Symphony. She was named one of the 50 great conductors of all time by Gramophone Magazine. 

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Featuring tenor, Sidney Ragland and soprano, Angela Ragland
All children must be accompanied by an adult. Admission-free. 
Tenor Sidney Ragland and soprano Angela Ragland share a few of their favorite duets and invite young audience members to discover opera.