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Programme

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

Venues

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

Archive / Past Shows

The Magic Flute 2024

The Elixir of Love 2023/25

The Elixir of Love 2023/25

Premiere 2024


Musical Director Orlando Jopling

Director James Hurley

Translation Jeremy Sams

Designer Sophie Lincoln


Poster Image: Emily Perkins

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The Elixir of Love 2023/25

The Elixir of Love 2023/25

The Elixir of Love 2023/25

Premiere 2023, Revival 2025


Musical Director Orlando Jopling

Director Guido Martin-Brandis

Translation Joseph Morris

Designer Sophie Lincoln


Poster: Max Parfitt

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Così fan Tutte 2022

The Elixir of Love 2023/25

Così fan Tutte 2022

Premiere 2022


Musical Director Orlando Jopling

Director P Burton-Morgan

Translation Jeremy Sams

Designer Chantal Short


Poster: Max Parfitt

Wild Arts Opera Evenings

Songs of Summer Love

The Beautiful and Damned

The Beautiful and Damned

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


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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

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.

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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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One-off Concerts and Wild Arts Tasters

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.

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Join the Summer Tour

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).


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2026 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro 

2027 Puccini La bohème

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