The Waterperry Opera Festival has announced its 2024 lineup.

In a press release, Artistic Director & CEO, Guy Verrall-Withers, expressed his excitement for the upcoming season, stating, “For 2024, we have created an ambitious season of productions. With returning favourites and exciting new ventures, our broad programme has something for everyone. We are taking artistic risks to create exciting operatic experiences that will captivate the next generation of audiences, as well as delight our loyal followers. Waterperry Opera Festival is a place where all are welcome, and we want to make sure there are no barriers to any young person enjoying or engaging with classical music and opera.”

The festival opens with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” 

Performance Dates: August 10, 11, 14, 15, & 17, 2024

Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” is staged in Waterperry’s atmospheric 300-seater amphitheatre.

Performance Dates: August 9, 13, & 16, 2024

Next up is Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” an enchanting family show combining classical music, storytelling, dance, and puppetry.

Performance Dates: August 10, 11, & 17, 2024

The first dramatic staging of Jonathan Dove’s evocative song cycles for mezzo-soprano and piano, “Nights Not Spent Alone” is presented in the magnificent Waterperry House Ballroom. The program connects Dove’s “Nights Not Spent Alone,” “Five Am’rous Sighs,” “All You Who Sleep Tonight,” and the song “My Love is Mine.”

Performance Dates: August 15, 16, & 17, 2024

The “Mozart & Mendelssohn Serenades” series is a relaxed daytime classical music concerts set in Waterperry’s serene Garden Glade. The program is curated for audiences who require a relaxed approach to performances, and is accessible for those with learning disabilities, access requirements, and young families. These performances invite audiences to enjoy an easy, relaxed tempo of music in the most comfortable way that they see fit.

Performance Dates: August 16, & 18, 2024

The end-of-season opera gala, “Last Night of the Opera” is led by conductor Bertie Baigent, featuring the Waterperry Opera Festival Orchestra and four operatic soloists.

Performance Date: August 18, 2024