“PROUD MARY”: “The Music of Tina Turner” is among the events taking place inside the tent at Morven during opening weekend of the 2024 Princeton Festival, June 7-9. LaKisha Jones plays the iconic rock star. (Photo by Eric McCue)

Two-time Grammy award-winning soprano Angel Blue opens this year’s Princeton Festival on Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m., The festival also includes a fully-staged performance of Mozart’s comic opera Così fan tutte, Broadway cabaret with Santino Fontana, orchestral music, Baroque and chamber concerts, dance with American Repertory Ballet, and a Juneteenth celebration, through June 22 in a tent on the grounds of Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street.

Rounding out opening weekend are “The Music of Tina Turner” on Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m.  and a Family Day, culminating with a concert featuring Latin Grammy-award nominee Sonia De Los Santos, on Sunday, June 9 at 4 p.m.

Blue returns to Princeton fresh from performances with the Metropolitan Opera and the Orchestre de Paris, singing arias by Puccini, Verdi, and Gershwin. Led by Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra performs orchestral pieces by Antonín Dvorák, Giacomo Puccini, Ruperto Chapí, and Frederick Delius.

On Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m., American Idol finalist and Broadway star  LaKisha Jones and musical theater colleagues Nova Payton and Matthew Johnson celebrate “The Music of Tina Turner,” with this all-new, live concert presentation centered on Turner’s mega hits such as “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Simply the Best,” “Proud Mary,” “River Deep, Mountain High,” and many others. Lucas Waldin conducts.

This year’s Festival Family Day is Sunday, June 9, and begins with a free Yoga class at 9 a.m. on the front lawn of Morven Museum & Garden (ages 10 and up). From 1:30-3:30 p.m., there is a middle school “Listen Up!” art exhibit opening, plus free hands-on musical activities and treats for children of all ages, followed by the 4 p.m. family concert featuring Sonia De Los Santos and her band. In this bilingual concert, she performs original songs sung in Spanish and English. In the course of the program, she shares some of her favorite things — migrating birds, friendship, chocolate, and anecdotes about growing up in Mexico and realizing her childhood dream of moving to New York. Tickets start at $10; $5 for children 5-17.

Tickets are available now for all 2024 Princeton Festival events at Morven Museum & Garden and nearby Trinity Church, ranging from $10 to $150, at princetonsymphony.org/festival or (609) 497-0020. Youths, ages 5-17, receive a 50 percent discount.