Press Kit

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste plans to celebrate Festival Napa Valley’s summer season with a charity concert. The organization has tapped Batiste to headline its annual Arts for All Gala on July 13, which helps to raise funds for arts programs, scholarships and other education initiatives. 

Music captivates, inspires, and nourishes the heart and soul. For nearly two decades, Festival Napa Valley has transformed the lives of audiences and musicians alike, continuing to enchant with year-round programming dedicated to making the arts accessible to all.

“One must laugh a bit at Venus,” sings Norina. This could have stood as the raison d’etre for Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at its Paris premiere in 1843, as well as for Festival Napa Valley’s delightful Manetti Shrem Opera production of the work at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis last Friday, November 15.