EUGENE ONEGIN | THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
Summer Opera Tour 2025
For their fourth summer season Wild Arts takes us to pre-revolutionary Russia in Dominic Dromgoole’s retelling of Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and to a sunny, 1950s Italian seaside village for Guido Martin-Brandis’s acclaimed Elixir of Love.
Staged and in costume, with chamber orchestra.
Dates and Venues
Northern Aldborough Festival, Yorkshire
Saturday 14 June The Elixir of Love
A concert performance of The Elixir of Love, hosted in the picturesque Roman village of Aldborough.
The Essex Summer Opera Festival at Layer Marney Tower
Tuesday 17 June - Sunday 22 June
See both our summer operas at the Tudor red-brick mansion Layer Marney Tower, overlooking the Blackwater River. Picnic in the gardens and grounds and enjoy the opera in the beautifully renovated Opera Barn.
Kelvedon Hall Opera
Saturday 28 June Eugene Onegin
Sunday 29 June matinee The Elixir of Love
A return to this fantastic venue where Henry 'Chips' Channon wrote his famous diaries. You will be seated under cover in the beautiful Rose Garden amphitheatre, an intimate space with grass embankments and perfect acoustics for live music. Set up your picnics in the beautiful gardens.
Forde Abbey, Dorset
Wednesday 2 July The Elixir of Love
Thursday 3 July Eugene Onegin
Forde Abbey is a truly stunning house and we're delighted to return for a third year after two sold out visits.
Picnic in the beautiful ground and enjoy the performance in the impressive Great Hall.
Bletchingdon Park Opera
Saturday 5 July The Elixir of Love
Sunday 6 July Eugene Onegin
A sunken garden creates the perfect canvas-covered amphitheatre, with banked seating. Bletchingdon Park is a quintessential private English country estate in Oxfordshire, and this is a unique opportunity to visit. Bring picnics and friends for a very special evening.
Deal Festival, Kent
Thursday 10 July The Elixir of Love
A second visit to Sandwich as part of the wonderful Deal Festival.
Playhouse Theatre, Norwich
Date TBC The Elixir of Love
We're delighted to return to the intimate Playhouse Theatre in Norwich.
Thaxted Festival, Essex
Saturday 12 July Eugene Onegin
Our third appearance at the Thaxted Festival. Watch the performance sat beside Holst's iconic organ, and enjoy a long picnic interval in the stunning Conservation Garden over the road.
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
Sunday 13 July Eugene Onegin
We're delighted to return for a fourth year to the beautiful barn in the grounds of Childerley Hall, as part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival.
Heronsgate, Hertfordshire
Sunday 27 July Eugene Onegin
Our fourth visit to this beautiful garden in Heronsgate.
Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire
Thursday 31 July The Elixir of Love
A performance in the wonderful light-filled barn with fantastic acoustics, seating strictly limited to 150 people. Bring picnics and enjoy the formal gardens and parkland set in a beautiful peaceful valley in Gloucestershire.
Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire
Saturday 2 August The Elixir of Love
We are delighted to return to to the great acoustics and setting of the Festival Theatre, Malvern, for a third year.
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
Friday 8 August The Elixir of Love
Our fifth year at this beautiful wooden auditorium created in the middle of a Suffolk wood.
Opera Holland Park, London
Thursday 14 August The Elixir of Love
Saturday 16 August Eugene Onegin
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