2026
Das Lied von der Erde (Spring)
The Marriage of Figaro (June - September)
Opera Evening (May - September)
The Roman River Festival 2026 (September)
Mahler Symphony no. 9 (Autumn)
The Yellow Wallpaper & The Descent (Autumn; world premiere)
Dramatised Messiah (December)
2027
Dramatised St John's Passion (Spring)
La Bohème (June - September)
Shakespeare / Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream (Summer)
Opera Evening (May - September)
Dido and Aenaeas (Autumn)
The Roman River Festival 2027 (September)
Dramatised Messiah (November - December)
2028
Dramatised Mahler Symphony no. 1
Dramatised St John's Passion (Spring)
The Barber of Seville (Summer)
The Roman River Festival 2028 (Autumn)
Dramatised Messiah (Winter)
2029
Un Ballo in Maschera
Festivals
The Essex Summer Opera Festival at Layer Marney Tower
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival
Bletchingdon Park Opera Festival
Owlpen Manor Opera Festival
Forde Abbey Opera Festival
Theatres & Halls
Saffron Hall
Malvern Festival Theatre
Norwich Theatre Royal
The Birmingham Rep
The Minack
The Royal and Derngate
Smith Square Hall
The Apex
Guest Appearances at Festivals
Opera Holland Park
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
Deal Festival
Northern Aldborough Festival
The Thaxted Festival
Cathedrals
Chichester Cathedral
Hexham Abbey
Chelmsford Cathedral
Lancaster Priory
Carlisle Cathedral
Premiere 2024
Musical Director Orlando Jopling
Director James Hurley
Translation Jeremy Sams
Designer Sophie Lincoln
Poster Image: Emily Perkins
Premiere 2023, Revival 2025
Musical Director Orlando Jopling
Director Guido Martin-Brandis
Translation Joseph Morris
Designer Sophie Lincoln
Poster: Max Parfitt
Featuring music from:
Bernstein - Candide
Gershwin - Crazy for You
Handel - Giulio Cesare
Lortzing - Undine
Puccini - La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri
Sondheim - Sweeney Todd
Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress
Verdi - Falstaff
Viardot - Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky - The Queen of Spades
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
Featuring music from:
Beethoven - Fidelio
Donizetti - Rigoletto
Handel - Rinaldo
Korngold - Die Tote Stadt
Lehàr - The Merry Widow
Mozart - Don Giovanni; Le Nozze di Figaro
Rodgers and Hammerstein - Oklahoma
Rossini - Otello
Smetana - The Bartered Bride
Sondheim - Follies
Strauss - Die Fledermaus
Verdi - Falstaff
As well as Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 4, and songs by Benjamin Britten and Tom Lehrer.
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
We offer chamber performances and recitals year-round, as well as a reduced version of our Opera Evening programme with 3 singers and piano, with soprano and piano, or with voice and cello.
An annual 2-3 month tour of 40+ UK and European venues. 20 performances of our flagship opera, a revival of one of our hit productions, and 25 performances of our unique Opera Evening (with a new programme created each year).
Booking Now for
2026 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
2027 Puccini La bohème
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