Eighty students, aged between 9-21, from across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and beyond will take part in a youth opera premiere with the Garsington Opera. The work in question is “The Happy Princess,” which is based on Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince,” and it will be composed by Paul Fincham with a libretto by Jessica Duchen. The performance is set for {…}
Verdi’s final masterpiece “Falstaff” with start streaming from the Garsington Opera on OperaVision starting on March 28, 2019. Henry Waddington leads the cast in the title role while Mary Dunleavy appears as Alice Ford. The remaining cast members include Richard Burkhard, Yvonne Howard, Soraya Mafi, Oliver Johnston, and Victoria Simmonds, among others. Bruno Ravella directs while Richard Farnes conducts the {…}
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) {…}
Garsington Opera has announced its 30th anniversary season, which is set to include four new productions – including a UK stage premiere of Offenbach’s little-known “Fantasio.” The season will run from May 29, 2019 through July 26, 2019. The season kicks off with Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride,” set in the English countryside. Natalya Romaniw stars as Mařenka, alongside Brenden Gunnell {…}
Garsington Opera has announced the schedule for its 2019 season, which will be the company’s 30th Anniversary celebration. The first production will Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride,” which will star Natalya Romaniw, Brenden Gunnell, Joshua Bloom, Stuart Jackson, Peter Savidge, Marie McLaughlin, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Anne-Marie Owens, and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts. Jac van Steen conducts while Paul Curran directs. Performance Dates: May 29, {…}
Opera Vision will start streaming Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” from the Garsington Opera starting on Sept. 14, 2018. The Mozart masterpiece will feature Louise Alder as Pamina with Benjamin Hulett as her lover Tamino. Other cast members include Jonathan McGovern, James Creswell, and Sen Guo. The work will be sung in its original German in a production by Netia Jones. {…}
The Garsington Opera Opera will be teaming up with The English Concert and the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2020. In a press release, the company noted that the partnership will feature an increase in the number of productions per year from two-three with the Philharmonia, with The English Concert playing in one or two productions per season. The partnership with The {…}