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FEATURES May 2013 to 04 Oct Figaro Here, Figaro There Heritage Opera goes on the road with the Barber of Seville  May 2013 to 13 Jul The Course of True Love Bumpy rides in Eugene Onegin, I Puritani and Les Carmelites are the main treats at Grange Park this summer  Mar 2013 to 30 May Celebrating Bel Canto English Touring Opera’s spring tour focuses on Italian opera with new productions of Cosi fan tutte, Simon Boccanegra and L’assedio di Calais  Mar 2013 to 31 May Going with a Bang An adaptation of The Firework Maker’s Daughter is The Opera Group’s latest touring production  May 2013 to 10 May Unsettling Scores The National Opera Studio’s latest showcase explores what it means to be human through scenes from 20th century operas  Mar 2013 to 31 Jul For Birds to Sing 25 years. Music Theatre Wales starts a celebratory year with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies  Mar 2013 to 11 May Unlucky Dog English Touring Opera’s project for children is based on the true story of the first dog in space  Mar 2013 to 13 Mar South Bank Show Sky Arts Award for Opera goes to Music Theatre Wales   Mar 2013 to 10 Mar The Inside Story Pimlico Opera continues its work in prisons taking Bernstein into HMP Erlestoke  Mar 2013 to 10 Mar Second Lives - A First for Orlando Gough Glyndebourne Education’s new community opera Imago provides fresh challenges for a versatile composer.  Mar 2013 to 25 Apr Celebrating Bel Canto English Touring Opera’s spring tour focuses on Italian opera with new productions of Cosi fan tutte, Simon Boccanegra and L’assedio di Calais  Jul 2013 to 20 Jul In Brief: Garsington Opera   Feb 2013 to 26 Feb In Brief: The National Opera Studio   Dec 2012 to 02 Mar Sunshine and Summer and Falling in Love Tête à Tête's Salad Days are here again  Nov 2012 to 31 Dec Garsington Opera moves confidently into the future Musical, artistic and organisational changes follow retirement of General Director  Oct 2012 to 20 Oct Lovers Walk A new chamber opera from Glyndebourne Education and Luke Styles  Oct 2012 to 16 Nov The Melancholy Pleasures of Autumn Ullmann, Chadwick, Maxwell Davies and Britten provide English Touring Opera’s autumn tour with some unusual works and beauty tinged with sadness  Aug 2012 to 11 Nov Two Nations, Two Operas Music Theatre Wales and Scottish Opera collaborate to premiere a touring double bill of new works  Sep 2012 to 16 Nov One Thousand and Three* Mid Wales Opera tours Don Giovanni, third time and lucky again  Sep 2012 to 14 Sep National Pride A Night at the Chinese Opera and The Bartered Bride will celebrate British Youth Opera's 25 years  Aug 2012 to 25 Aug Mittwoch aus Licht / Wednesday from Light Birmingham Opera Company stages a world premiere complete with helicopters and a camel  Aug 2012 to 19 Aug Expecting the Unexpected The thrill of the new at the annual Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival  Aug 2012 to 20 Aug The Key to Raising Money: Fundraising for Opera and Music Theatre Companies An OMTF Fundraising Symposium at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival  Jul 2012 to 18 Sep Two French Comedies, One Wardrobe Bampton Classical Opera brings two French rarities by Philidor and Grétry out of its summer closet

EVENTS : member of OMTF : link to news feature English Touring Opera Donizetti: The Siege of Calais Cambridge, Arts Theatre: 21 May Opera North Britten: Albert Herring Leeds, Howard Assembly Room: 21, 23, 24, 25 May Royal Opera Verdi: Don Carlo London, ROH: 21, 25 May The Opera Group Bruce: The Firework-Maker's Daughter Bury St Edmund's, Theatre Royal: 21, 22 May Buxton, Opera House: 24, 25 May Oxford, Playhouse: 28, 29 May Newcastle, Northern Stage: 31 May, 1 Jun English Touring Opera Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Cambridge, Arts Theatre: 22, 25 May Guildford, G-Live: 28 May Truro Cathedral: 30 May Glyndebourne Festival Opera Strauss,R: Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne, Opera House: 22, 25, 30 May, 2, 4, 7, 13, 16, 20, 23, 28 Jun, 5, 11 Jul English National Opera Berg: Wozzeck London, Coliseum: 23, 25 May English Touring Opera Mozart: Cosi fan tutte Cambridge, Arts Theatre: 23, 24 May Guildford, G-Live: 27 May Opera Anywhere Sullivan: The Mikado Oxford, Blackwell's Bookshop: 23, 24, 25 May Cheltenham, Parabola Arts Centre: 16 Jun Royal Opera Rossini: La donna del lago London, ROH: 23, 27, 31 May, 4, 7, 11 Jun Welsh National Opera Wagner,R: Lohengrin Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre: 23, 26m, 29 May, 1, 8 Jun Birmingham, Hippodrome: 13, 15 Jun English National Opera Puccini: La boheme London, Coliseum: 24, 31 May, 7, 12, 15, 19, 22, 29m Jun Glyndebourne Festival Opera Verdi: Falstaff Glyndebourne, Opera House: 24, 26, 29 May, 1, 6, 9, 15, 22, 27 Jun, 4, 9, 14 Jul Heritage Opera Rossini: The Barber of Seville Preston, St John’s Minster: 24 May Skipton, Town Hall: 25 May Wigan, Haigh Hall: 27 May Thornton Hough, Thornton Manor: 28 May Clitheroe, Browsholme Hall: 30 May Lancaster, Grand Theatre: 31 May Liverpool, St George’s Hall Concert Room: 1 Jun Nantwich, Civic Hall: 3 Jun Lytham, Lowther Pavilion: 7 Jun Royal Irish Academy of Music Stravinsky: Mavra Dublin, The Lir: 27, 28, 29 May Stravinsky: Renard Dublin, The Lir: 27, 28, 29 May Scottish Opera Sullivan,A: The Pirates of Penzance Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre: 28, 30, 31 May, 1m, 1 Jun Edinburgh, Festival Theatre: 28, 30, 31 May, 1m, 1 Jun Inverness, Eden Court Theatre: 6, 7, 8m, 8 Jun Manchester, Opera House: 11, 12m, 12, 13m, 13, 14, 15m, 15 Jun Bristol, Hippodrome: 18, 19m, 19, 20m, 20, 21, 22m, 22 Jun Newcastle, Theatre Royal: 25, 26m, 26, 27m, 27, 28, 29m, 29 Jun Oxford, New Theatre: 2, 3m, 3, 4m, 4, 5, 6m, 6 Jul Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre: 16, 17m, 17, 18m, 18, 19 Jul Welsh National Opera Puccini: Madam Butterfly Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre: 28 May, 2, 9m Jun Birmingham, Hippodrome: 14 Jun Grange Park Opera Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Northington, The Grange: 30 May, 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 23, 27 Jun, 5, 11 Jul Opera Anywhere Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance Oxford, Blackwell's Bookshop: 30, 31 May, 1 Jun Letcombe Regis, Richmond Villages: 23 Jun Grange Park Opera Bellini: I Puritani Northington, The Grange: 31 May, 8, 16, 18, 20, 26, 29 Jun Lismore Music Festival Rossini: Le nozze di Figaro Lismore, Castle Stables: 1, 2 Jun English National Opera Glass: The Perfect American London, Coliseum: 1, 6, 8, 13, 17, 20, 25, 27, 28 Jun Opera Holland Park Leoncavallo: Pagliacci London, Holland Park Theatre: 4, 7, 11, 15, 19, 22, 26, 28 Jun Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana London, Holland Park Theatre: 4, 7, 11, 15, 19, 22, 26, 28 Jun Lyric Opera Verdi: La traviata Dublin, Gaiety Theatre: 5, 7, 8 Jun Guildhall School of Music and Drama Britten: Owen Wingrave London, GSMD Silk Street Theatre: 5, 7, 10, 12 Jun Welsh National Opera Harvey: Wagner Dream Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre: 6, 7 Jun Birmingham, Hippodrome: 12 Jun Garsington Opera Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 7, 9, 15, 19, 22, 25 Jun, 1, 6 Jul Rossini: Maometto Secondo Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 8, 10, 16, 20, 26, 28 Jun, 2, 4, 10 Jul Glyndebourne Festival Opera Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne, Opera House: 8, 12, 14, 19, 21, 25, 30 Jun, 2, 6, 10, 13, 17 Jul Iford Arts Verdi: La traviata Bradford on Avon, Iford Manor: 8, 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 Jun Opera Holland Park Puccini: Madama Butterfly London, Holland Park Theatre: 8, 12, 14, 16m, 20, 24, 29 Jun, 2, 4 Jul Pimlico Opera Poulenc: Les Carmelites Northington, The Grange: 11, 14, 22, 30 Jun, 6, 12 Jul Aldeburgh Festival Various: Recital Aldeburgh, Peter Pears Recital Room: 13 Jun Aldeburgh, Blythburgh Church: 20m Jun English National Opera Britten: Death in Venice London, Coliseum: 14, 18, 21, 24, 26 Jun Opera North Wagner,R: Siegfried Leeds, Town Hall: 15, 19 Jun, 13 Jul Birmingham, Symphony Hall: 22 Jun Gateshead, The Sage: 29 Jun Salford Quays, The Lowry: 6 Jul Aldeburgh Festival Bach,JS: St John Passion Aldeburgh: 16 Jun BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Various: Competition : 16, 23, 23 Jun Longborough Festival Opera Wagner,R: Das Rheingold Longborough, Opera House: 16, 26m Jun, 6m Jul Mahogany Opera Britten: Curlew River Aldeburgh, Orford Church: 16, 18 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Britten: Peter Grimes Aldeburgh, the beach: 17, 19, 21 Jun Britten: The Prodigal Son Aldeburgh, Orford Church: 17, 19 Jun Mahogany Opera Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace Aldeburgh, Orford Church: 17, 19 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Various: Concert Aldeburgh, Britten Studio: 18 Jun Aldeburgh: 23 Jun Longborough Festival Opera Wagner,R: Die Walkure Longborough, Opera House: 18, 28m Jun, 8m Jul Grange Park Opera Various: Recital Northington, The Grange: 19 Jun Longborough Festival Opera Wagner,R: Siegfried Longborough, Opera House: 20, 30m Jun, 10m Jul Royal Opera Britten: Gloriana London, ROH: 20, 22, 24, 29 Jun, 4, 6 Jul Longborough Festival Opera Wagner,R: Gotterdammerung Longborough, Opera House: 22 Jun, 2m, 12m Jul Garsington Opera Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 23, 27, 29 Jun, 5, 7, 9, 11 Jul New London Consort Purcell: Fairy Queen Istanbul, Hagia Eirene Museum: 24 Jun Opera Holland Park Bizet: Les pecheurs de perles London, Holland Park Theatre: 25, 27 Jun, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13 Jul Glyndebourne Festival Opera Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie Glyndebourne, Opera House: 29 Jun, 3, 7, 12, 16, 19 Jul Royal Opera Verdi: Simon Boccanegra London, ROH: 1, 3, 10, 13, 16 Jul Cheltenham Festival Britten: Noye's Fludde Tewkesbury Abbey: 3m, 4 Jul New Chamber Opera Handel: Tamerlano Oxford, New College: 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14 Jul Buxton Festival Gounod: La colombe Buxton, Opera House: 5, 8, 11, 14m Jul Saint-Saens: La Princesse jaune Buxton, Opera House: 5, 8, 11, 14m Jul Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace Buxton, St John's Church: 5 Jul Cheltenham Festival Poulenc: La Voix humaine Cheltenham, Parabola Arts Centre: 5 Jul Opera della Luna Offenbach: La Vie parisienne Bradford on Avon, Iford Manor: 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16 Jul Royal Opera Puccini: La rondine London, ROH: 5, 8, 11, 13m, 14, 17 Jul Buxton Festival Mozart: La finta giardiniera Buxton, Opera House: 6, 9, 12, 18 Jul Various: Concert Buxton, Opera House: 7 Jul Royal Opera Puccini: Tosca London, ROH: 9, 12, 15, 18 Jul Grange Park Opera Messager: Fortunio Northington, The Grange: 10, 13 Jul La Serenissima Vivaldi: Ottone in villa Buxton, Opera House: 10, 13 Jul Royal Opera Britten: The Canticles London, ROH Linbury Studio Theatre: 10, 11, 12 Jul Buxton Festival Britten: Curlew River Buxton, St John's Church: 14 Jul Britten: The Prodigal Son Buxton, St John's Church: 15 Jul Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King Buxton, Opera House: 16 Jul Sciarrino: The Killing Flower Buxton, Opera House: 16 Jul Opera Holland Park Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore London, Holland Park Theatre: 16, 18 Jul Buxton Festival Messager: Fortunio Buxton, Opera House: 17, 19 Jul Glyndebourne Festival Opera Donizetti: Don Pasquale Glyndebourne, Opera House: 18 Jul Bampton Classical Opera Mozart: La finta semplice Bampton, Deanery Garden: 19 Jul Garsington Opera Gough: Road Rage Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 19 Jul Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 19 Jul Royal Opera Strauss,R: Capriccio London, ROH: 19 Jul