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SUMMER 2026

An Evening of Opera

Performed by four fabulous singers and a world-class string quintet, our opera evenings are a sparkling and mischievous summer treat.


 'Royal Opera House standard, choices excellent, the quality terrific and the staging exactly right.'
Libby Purvis, The Times on our Opera Evening


Semi-staged by director Guido Martin-Brandis and woven into a new narrative full of dramatic intrigue, jealousy, comedy, idealism, and true love – follow our characters as they travel through 75 minutes of music. From arias and scenes by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Britten, to the songs of Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim.


'Spectacular doesn’t even begin to do it justice! Wow.★★★★★ '
Review of our Opera Evening 2024

2026 Performances

Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire Fri 22 May

Hall Barn, Nr Beaconsfireld, Buckinghamshire Mon 8 Jun

Myddelton House Gardens, Essex Thu 18 Jun

Birdsong, Oxshott, Surrey (in aid of Target Ovarian Cancer) Fri 19 Jun

Hall, Nr Barnstaple, Devon Wed 1 Jul

Dunster Castle, Nr Minehead, Somerset Fri 3 Jul

Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Gloucestershire Mon 13 Jul

Treberfydd House, Powys Tue 14 Jul

Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire, Fri 17 Jul

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire Sun 19 Jul

Great Ruffins, Beacon Hill, Essex Sun 26 Jul

Taynton, Oxfordshire Sun 2 Aug

The Hangar at Barn Drift, Nr Cley next the Sea, Norfolk Sat 15 Aug & Sun 16 Aug


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A little fizz for the interval (all photos by Karolina Krasuska)

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    Our Opera Evening Programmes

    Songs of Summer Love

    The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    Featuring music from:


    Gershwin - Shall We Dance; Oh, Kay!

    Handel - Ariodante, Giulio Cesare

    Lehár - Die Iustige Witwe

    Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

    Lortzing - Undine

    Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro

    Rodgers - Carousel

    Rossini - L'italiana in Algeri

    Tchaikovsky - The Queen of Spades

    Verdi - Falstaff; Il Trovatore; La Traviata

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    The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    Featuring music from:


    Bellini -  I Capuleti e i Montecchi

    Bernstein - West Side Story

    Handel - Acis and Galatea

    Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea

    Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro

    Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Puccini - Gianni Schicchi

    Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin

    Rodgers and Hammerstein - Oklahoma

    Rossini - Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia

    Verdi - Don Carlo

    Weill - Lady in the Dark

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    Tales of Love and Second Chances

    Tales of Love and Second Chances

    Tales of Love and Second Chances

    Featuring music from:


    Beethoven - Fidelio

    Donizetti - Rigoletto

    Handel - Rinaldo

    Korngold - Die Tote Stadt

    Lehàr - The Merry Widow

    Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

    Mozart - Don Giovanni; Le Nozze di Figaro

    Rodgers and Hammerstein - Oklahoma

    Rossini - Otello

    Smetana - The Bartered Bride

    Sondheim - Follies

    Strauss - Die Fledermaus

    Verdi - Falstaff

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    Love, Actually

    Tales of Love and Second Chances

    Tales of Love and Second Chances

    Featuring music from:


    Bernstein - Candide; West Side Story

    Britten - Billy Budd

    Donizetti - Don Pasquale; L'Elisir d'Amore

    Handel - Semele

    Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin

    Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro

    Porter - Kiss me Kate

    Puccini - La Bohème

    Verdi - Falstaff

    Rodgers and Hammerstein - Carousel

    Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia

    Verdi - Rigoletto

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    Photos from Bury St Edmunds 2023

    The players at Bury St Edmunds (all photos by Lucy J Toms)

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