On March 18, 2019, the new children’s opera “Dare to Dream,” which brings together children from Syria, Uganda, Bangladesh, and Buckinghamshire, will have its premiere.

The opera is set to showcase a choir of 650 primary school children from Buckinghamshire, a stage company of 90 primary school children from three Bucks schools, soloists soprano Claire Wild and baritone Kieran Rayner (baritone) and a 25-piece orchestra from Buckinghamshire Music Trust.

The opera was written by librettists Lucinda Jarrett and Chris Rawlence and composer Hannah Conway. The work will be staged by filmmaker Claudia Lee and designer Rhiannon Newman-Brown, who have created a multi-media, staged opera production incorporating film into the design and the composition.

Inspired by Rosetta Life’s Dream a Difference global poetry project for children and directed by Garsington Opera’s Karen Gillingham, “Dare to Dream” is a partnership project between Buckinghamshire Music Trust (BMT), Garsington Opera and Rosetta Life, funded by the American Friends of Garsington Opera.