Nabucco Alina Bottez 28/07/2026As Verdi asserted, his 1841 opera Nabucco was born under a lucky star. It was a huge success at its...
The Merry Widow Owen Davies 20/07/2026This rich and colourful adaptation of The Merry Widow arrives in Buxton as an absolute treat at its delightful opera...
Le Dernier Sorcier Owen Davies 19/07/2026This chamber opera by Pauline Viardot is another obscure treasure rediscovered by the Buxton Festival. Viardot was a celebrated singer,...
I Can Die Too Ziyu Zhang 18/07/2026I Can Die Too is a play within a play: a technical rehearsal of Jean Cocteau’s La Voix humaine (The...
La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina Owen Davies 16/07/2026The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina This fascinating work by Francesca Caccini is the earliest opera by...
Requiem Alessandro Zummo 08/07/2026Mozart’s Requiem is inseparable from the mythology of its own making. Composed in the shadow of the composer’s death in...
Tristan Owen Davies 21/06/2026Tucked away in the Cotswolds is Longborough Festival Opera (LFO) – but please don’t think of it as a backwater....
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria Josi Steinfeld 16/06/2026The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland Garsington reunites the creative team behind its highly successful 2022 L’Orfeo for Il...
Krishna Sara Tiron 06/06/2026In the English countryside, Grange Park Opera turns a performance into a wider summer ritual. Arrival through the grounds, the...
Once Ziyu Zhang 29/05/2026Enda Walsh once described Girl as the “driving force” of Once and the one who “would change everything”. That is...
