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Garsington Opera runs for a month in the summer and successfully
combines a repertoire of well-known operas with discoveries of
little-known works. These have included the British premieres of
Haydn's Orlando Paladino, Richard Strauss' Die ägyptische
Helena, Rossini's La Gazzetta, Janáček's Sárka, Rossini's Armida,
and first British professional productions of Haydn's La vera
costanza, Richard Strauss' Die Liebe der Danae,
Schumann's Genoveva, and Martinů's Mirandolina.
Garsington Opera is located in a setting of extraordinary beauty at Wormsley, in the Chiltern Hills. Their specially designed seasonal opera pavilion is set in rolling, verdant parkland, next to pretty cluster of flinted buildings that includes a house, barns, orchard, lawns and a small garden. It is an intimate corner amidst the spectacular open parkland that it overlooks. The opera company moved to Wormsley from Garsington Manor in 2011. Garsington Opera has made a point of giving a platform to young international singers making their debut in this country and of using some of the country's finest young singers. The Garsington Opera Orchestra is made up of talented young musicians many of whom are soloists in their own fields. A series of chamber concerts are also held in the spring and an expanding educational programme is run in conjunction with the opera productions. |
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| Smetana: The Bartered Bride 29, 31 May, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 30 Jun: Stokenchurch, Wormsley Mozart: Don Giovanni 30 May, 1, 7, 13, 24, 29 Jun, 3, 6, 12, 14, 18, 21 Jul: Stokenchurch, Wormsley Offenbach: Fantasio 14, 16, 22, 27 Jun, 5, 8, 11, 17, 20 Jul: Stokenchurch, Wormsley Britten: The Turn of the Screw 1, 4, 7, 13, 15, 19 Jul: Stokenchurch, Wormsley Monteverdi: Vespers 24, 25, 26 Jul: Stokenchurch, Wormsley | ||
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte  Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 31 May, 2, 8, 14, 17, 22, 24, 30 Jun, 11, 17, 19, 21 Jul Strauss,R: Capriccio Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 20, 23, 28 Jun Verdi: Falstaff Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 16, 18, 21, 29 Jun, 4, 7, 13, 15, 20, 22 Jul Sawer: The Skating Rink Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 5, 8, 10, 14, 16 Jul John Barber / Hazel Gould: Eliza and the Swans Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 3 Aug | ||
| - 2017 - | ||
| Handel: Semele Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 1, 3, 9, 15, 23, 30 Jun, 4 Jul Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 2, 4, 8, 10, 17 Jun, 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16 Jul Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 16, 18, 22, 25, 27 Jun, 1, 7 Jul Rossini: Il turco in Italia Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 26, 29 Jun, 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15 Jul Panufnik: Silver Birch Stokenchurch, Wormsley: 28, 29, 30 Jul |