Beth Taylor, Peter Wedd, Kelli Ann-Masterson & Mark Stone Lead Longborough Opera Festival’s 2026 Season

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(Credit: Matthew Williams-Ellis) The Longborough Opera Festival has announced its 2026 season. Beth Taylor, Anna Devin, Katie Bray, Kelli-Ann Masterson, and Andrew Foster-Williams star in Handel’s “Orlando.” Christopher Moulds conducts the production by Sinéad O’Neill. Performance Dates: May 30-June 7, 2026 Peter Wedd and Catharine Woodward leads Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde“ alongside Catherine Carby, Alastair Miles, Robert Hayward, and Peter {…}

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The Music Troupe to Showcase Edward Lambert’s ‘In Five Years’ Time’

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The Music Troupe will present “In Five Years’ Time” at The Space Theatre, London, with performances on Feb. 24 – 28, 2026 before traveling to The Croft Hall, Hungerford for a showcase on March 1, 2026. The 110-minute show is a drama in song based on Federico García Lorca’s surrealist play “Así que pasen cinco años.” Written five years before {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera at Smith Square 2025 Review: La locandiera

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(Photo: © Bampton Classical Opera) Two hundred years after Antonio Salieri’s death, Bampton Classical Opera has once again shown why his work deserves a place on today’s stages. Their production of “La locandiera” (The Landlady), Salieri’s sparkling comedy based on Goldoni’s celebrated play, offered London audiences a rare chance to experience one of the liveliest works of eighteenth-century opera buffa. {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera to Perform Salieri’s ‘La Iocandiera’

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Bampton Classical Opera is set to present Salieri’s “La Iocandiera” this fall. The opening performance of the production is set for July 18 and 19 at The Deanery Garden in Bampton, Oxfordshire. That will be followed by an August 25 showcase at Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire and a Sept. 6 date at The Barn at Old Wallan in Wadhurst, Sussex. {…}

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The Music Troupe to Present Unique Double Bill

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The Music Troupe is set to present “The Parting” and “Buster’s Trip,” a double bill of operas in miniature. The double bill of works adapted from texts by Federico García Lorca will be showcased on Sept. 21, 2024 at The Cockpit in London. “The Parting” explores the story of a man leaving his wife and kids to go on a {…}

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Tête à Tête Announces ‘The Opera Festival’ 2024 Lineup

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The lineup for Tête à Tête’s ‘The Opera Festival’ 2024 has been announced. Only opera performances are included in this article. The festival opens with This performance of William Gardner’s and Matthew Green’s second opera “The Prisoner.” The cast features Emma Warner, Abbie Ward, William Gardner, and Michael Temporal-Darrel. Alexander Papp conducts and Eleanor Burke directs. Performance Date: August 24, 2024 {…}

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Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival Announces 2023 Lineup

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Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival announced the full lineup of performances for 2023. The festival runs from Aug. 29-Sept. 12. Here’s what the 2023 Opera Festival will offer audiences. Laura Reid presents a song cycle of hope using recorded sounds, voices, and instruments. Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is a thing with Feathers,” contemporary writers Ahed Al Hamwi, {…}

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National Opera Studio Unveils 2023-24 Young Artists

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The National Opera Studio has revealed the new artists that will be part of its 2023-24 Global Talent Programme and its National Talent Programme. The National Opera Studio Global Talent Programme Artists include sopranos Rosalind Dobson, Nikolina Hrkać, Kira Kaplan, Sofia Kirwan-Baez, and Heming Li; mezzo-sopranos Georgia Mae Ellis, and Camilla Seale; tenors Robert Forrest and Rhydian Jenkins; baritones Jonathan {…}

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Beth Taylor, Peter Wedd, Kelli Ann-Masterson & Mark Stone Lead Longborough Opera Festival’s 2026 Season

The Music Troupe to Showcase Edward Lambert’s ‘In Five Years’ Time’

Bampton Classical Opera at Smith Square 2025 Review: La locandiera

Bampton Classical Opera to Perform Salieri’s ‘La Iocandiera’

The Music Troupe to Present Unique Double Bill

Tête à Tête Announces ‘The Opera Festival’ 2024 Lineup

Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival Announces 2023 Lineup

National Opera Studio Unveils 2023-24 Young Artists