b'Once Upon a Mattress, 2012, photo by Jessi Franko OlianoThe New York Times by chief classical music criticWorld Music and Cabaret added breadth to the Anthony Tommasini. Choral Music had its FestivalFestivals 2012 season, with appearances by a debut with a performance of Durufls Requiem.Gamelan Orchestra and Sylvia McNair respectively. A new educational program, the Choral The Festival continued its innovative programmingConductors Workshop, drew choirmasters from in 2010 by staging a Baroque opera, Handelsthe region and beyond. The local VOICES Chorale Ariodante, along with the 1928 Threepenny Operaand Bucks County Choral Society joined forces for by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. The new Princetona grand concert in Princeton University Chapel. Festival Chorus performed in Princeton UniversityRachmaninoffs rarely seen Francesca da Rimini Chapel. The Festival was awarded its first of four grantswas a highlight for opera fans.for opera from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Festivals first performance of a Wagner opera, In 2011, the Festival partnered with Lustig DanceThe Flying Dutchman, headlined the successful Theatre to present Stravinskys ballet Pulcinella.2013 season. World Music returned with a steelpan It also staged the composers opera The Rakesconcert, and a cappella vocal jazz introduced yet Progress, added the Library Lecture Series, andanother new genre.established the Princeton Festival Guild. The Princeton Girlchoir and the Greater Princeton YouthThe Princeton Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary Orchestra performed during the season. in 2014 with Gershwins Porgy and Bess, its most princetonsymphony.org/festival The Princeton Festival 65'