The Caramoor Summer Music Festival is a music festival Social_event founded Creating in 1945 that is held Hold on the estate of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts , which includes Cause_to_be_included a Mediterranean-style stucco villa and is located about north of New York City in Katonah , New York .

The Caramoor Summer Music Festival is a music festival Social_event founded Creating in 1945 that is held Hold on the estate of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts , which includes Cause_to_be_included a Mediterranean-style stucco villa and is located about north of New York City in Katonah , New York .

The Caramoor estate became Becoming a centre for the arts and music following the World War II death Death of the son of its owners , Walter and Lucie Rosen .

For the past twenty years , the opera focus has been `` Bel Canto at Caramoor '' , with explorations of the `` bel canto '' repertoire under the direction of the conductor , Will Crutchfield .

The Caramoor Summer Music Festival also features a wide variety of music beyond Bel Canto Opera .

Caramoor also features a composer in residence , with such composers as John Musto ( 2006 ) and Paquito D'Rivera ( 2007 ) holding Hold the post .