Bampton Classical Opera has announced that its 2026 summer production will be Grétry’s “Zemira e Azor” (“Beauty and the Beast”). Performances will take place at Cokethorpe School in Witney, Oxfordshire, on July 17 and 18 followed by an August 31 showcase at Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire and a Sept. 18 show at Smith Square Hall in London. The semi-staged, costumed {…}

(Photo Credit: Ben McKee) Bampton Classical Opera will present its annual St Beornwald’s-tide concert on Dec. 17, 2025 at 7 p.m. at St Mary’s Church in Bampton, Oxfordshire. The performance features Bampton Classical Voices, Bampton Classical Players, and conductor Andrew Griffiths. This year’s program centers on Charpentier’s “Messe de minuit pour Noël” for five voices, two recorders, strings, and continuo. {…}

(Photo Credit: Sisi Burn) Bampton Classical Opera will present “A Musical Celebration” on Dec. 7, 2024 at St. Mary’s Church in Oxfordshire. The performance features countertenor Kieron-Connor Valentine taking on songs and arias by Rhys Joines, T. Soborne Roberts, Alain Boulil, Jake Heggie, Chalin, Berlin, and Amanda McBroom, among others, alongside pianists André Bertoncini and Jeremy Gray. The Bampton Winds {…}