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Opera Evening, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Opera Evening, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Opera Evening, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Thursday 11 September Opera Evening
SOLD OUT
Our first visit to this wonderful venue.
Onegin, Charterhouse, London
Opera Evening, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Opera Evening, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Thursday 18 September Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky’s stunning exploration of life, death, love, and pride in pre-revolutionary Russia – realising Pushkin’s story with breathtaking passion and lyricism. Dominic Dromgoole directs a stellar cast led by Galina Averina and Timothy Nelson, alongside a world-class chamber orchestra.
Excellent - goes straight to the heart. This is what opera should be
**** The Times 2025
A fundraiser for Charterhouse. Tickets £150 including champagne reception and canapes.
Roman River Festival 2025
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
19 - 28 September 2025
Join us for an unmissable celebration of a quarter of a century of memorable chamber music, surprising spaces, beautiful visual art and ceramics, street dance, poetry, and more...
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
Friday 3 October 2025, 7.30pm
Saffron Hall
Elena Urioste violin
Laura Van der Heijden cello
Tom Poster piano
Wild Arts Ensemble
Orlando Jopling conductor
Beethoven Triple Concerto in C major
Mahler Symphony No. 1
dramatised messiah
Beethoven Triple & Mahler 1
dramatised messiah
December 2025
Smith Square Hall
Layer Marney Tower (sold out)
Chichester, Chelmsford and Rochester Cathedrals
New Theatre Peterborough
Semi-staged by director Tom Morris (War Horse), with singers performing from memory and a chamber orchestra of period instruments.
The Marriage of Figaro
Summer 2026
A joy beyond all expectation - sassily delivered and outstandingly well sung.
Michael White
Royal and Derngate, Northampton | Falconhurst, Kent | The Apex, Bury St Edmunds | Layer Marney Tower Opera Festival, Essex | Norwich Playhouse
Thaxted Festival | Owlpen Manor | Deal Festival | Childerley Manor | Forde Abbey | Painswick Rococo Gardens | The Minack Theatre | Charterhouse, London | The Everyman, Cheltenham | Watergate Bay beach, Cornwall | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford | Birmingham Rep Theatre
Opera Evening 2026
An evening of operatic and musical hits, semi-staged and woven into a sparkling new narrative. Performed by four fabulous singers and a world-class string quintet, follow our characters as they travel through 75 minutes of music, from Handel and Puccini to Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim.
Spectacular doesn’t even begin to do it justice! Wow. ★★★★★
2026
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival, Essex
Layer Marney Tower 2026
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)
Dramatised Messiah (December)
Layer Marney Tower 2026
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival, Essex
Layer Marney Tower 2026
Friday 5 June – Sunday 7 June 2026
The Marriage of Figaro
Our 5th season at the magnificent 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 Festival, Essex
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival, Essex
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival, Essex
June 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
Our third year at this beautiful house near Kelvedon Hatch (CM14 5TN) 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.
Kelvedon Hall, Kelvedon Hatch CM14 5TN
Elveden Hall, Suffolk
Elveden Hall, Suffolk
Kelvedon Hall Opera Festival, Essex
June 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
A return to this iconic Suffolk estate and its grand marble hall – built by Maharajah Duleep Singh and designer John Norton in ornate Italian style.
Falconhurst, Kent
Elveden Hall, Suffolk
Forde Abbey, Dorset
Thursday 10 July 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
Our fifth year at this 19th-century haven of beautiful architecture, wow-factor gardens and incredible views over the valley in the Kent countryside.
All previous shows have sold out. Please do book early and even better support us to gain priority booking. We rely on the generosity of our supporters to make everything we do possible
Forde Abbey, Dorset
Elveden Hall, Suffolk
Forde Abbey, Dorset
Wed 22 & Thurs 23 July 2026
The Marriage of Figaro
Forde Abbey is a truly amazing house in Dorset with extensive, magnificent gardens and grounds, and we're delighted to return for a fourth year.
Picnic in the beautiful grounds and enjoy the performance in the Great Hall.
Deal Festival, Kent
Thaxted Festival, Essex
Thaxted Festival, Essex
July 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
This will be our third visit to Sandwich as part of the wonderful Deal Festival.
Thaxted Festival, Essex
Thaxted Festival, Essex
Thaxted Festival, Essex
July 2026 The Marriage of FIgaro
This will be our fourth appearance at the Thaxted Festival. Long interval for picnics in the Conservation Garden over the road.
Wolterton Hall, Norfolk
Thaxted Festival, Essex
Wolterton Hall, Norfolk
We hope to return to this incredible house in North Norfolk, beautifully renovated in 2026.
You can come to the opera, have dinner and even stay the night in King Charles I bedroom, or Nelson's bedroom.
A house steeped in incredible history and a hidden and unknown gem in peaceful Norfolk countryside.
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
2026 The Marriage of FIgaro
Our fifth year at this beautiful wooden auditorium created in the middle of a Suffolk wood, this year with our full opera.
Barn Drift, Norfolk
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
August Opera Evening
Our second performance at this amazing venue on the beautiful North Norfolk coast.
Opera Holland Park, London
Thorington Theatre, Suffolk
Opera Holland Park, London
We hope to return to this fantastic venue in 2026
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
July 2026
The Marriage of Figaro
Clayesmore House, Dorset
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
July 2026 Opera Evening
Hall, North Devon
Norwich Playhouse Theatre
Boconnoc Estate, Cornwall
July 2026 Opera Evening
In 2026 we will return to the magnificent Great Hall at the 3,000 acre Hall Estate, on a beautiful hill overlooking the river Taw in Devon.
Boconnoc Estate, Cornwall
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
Boconnoc Estate, Cornwall
Summer 2026 Opera Evening
Heronsgate, Hertfordshire
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
June 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
Our fifth visit to this beautiful garden in Heronsgate.
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
The Minack Theatre, Cornwall
September 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
July 2026 The Marriage of Figaro
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.
Dunster Castle, Somerset
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
Childerley Hall, Cambridgeshire
July 2026 Opera Evening
Our third visit to this fairy-tale castle with far-reaching views over the water. A very popular venue - do book soon for this one.
Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
July 2026 Opera Evening
We’re delighted to return to this incredible Elizabethan Hall for a fourth year, with two performances.
Great Ruffins, Essex
Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
July 2026 Opera Evening
We're so happy to return to the beautiful gardens, carefully restored by the current owners to their former glory.
Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
July 2026
The Marriage of Figaro
Following our sold-out shows in 2024 and 205, we're delighted to return to the wonderful light-filled theatre 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.
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Friday 19 July 2026
The Marriage of Figaro
Our fourth visit to this wonderful garden, where a sunken grassy hollow ringed by magnificent trees makes the perfect backdrop to the show.
Malvern Festival Theatre
Malvern Festival Theatre
Malvern Festival Theatre
Summer 2026
Taynton, Oxfordshire
Malvern Festival Theatre
Malvern Festival Theatre
Summer 2026
Opera Evening
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
June / July 2026 Opera Evening
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
June / July 2026 Opera Evening
Fast selling shows
The final chance of seeing our critically acclaimed Onegin is at the Charterhouse in the City of London on 18 September.
Tickets have now gone on sale for Mahler 1 / Beethoven Triple at Saffron Hall on 3 October.
Our dramatised Messiah at Smith Square Hall, Malvern Theatre, and Chichester and Chelmsford Cathedrals in December are selling well - please do book soon as many performances sold out last year.