Country house operas 2009
Dates, times and ticket information for the many fabulous country house operas taking place around the UK this summer from Glyndenbourne to the Grange Park Opera.
The 2009 listings for country house opera dates and venues from all over the UK and Ireland:
Holland Park Holland Park W8 Tel 0845 230 9769 Website www.rbkc.gov.uk/ohphollandpark/general
Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti Runs June 2 – 20
Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck Runs June 5 - 19
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini Runs June 27- August 15
Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach Runs June 30 - July 12
Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi Runs July 21- August 8
Kát'a Kabanová by Leoš Janáček Runs July 24 - August 7
Chiswick House Chiswick, London W4 Tel 07956 586 066 Website www.chfriends.org.uk/news_and_events.html#Opera
The Barber of Seville by Rossini Runs June 25
Glyndebourne Lewes, East Sussex CBN8 5UU Tel 01273 812321 Website www.glyndebourne.com
Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi Runs May 21 - July 11
Giulio Cesare by Georg Frideric Handel Runs May 22 – July 3
The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell Runs June 20 to August 8
Rusalka by Antonin Dvorák Runs July 5 to August 28
L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti Runs July 23 to August 29
Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner Runs August 6 – 30
Grange Park Opera The Coach House, 12 St Thomas St, Winchester SO23 9HF Tel 01962 86 86 00 Website www.grangeparkopera.co.uk
Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Runs June 3 – July 6
Eliogabalo by Francesco Cavalli Runs June 4 – July 5
The Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janacek Runs June 17 – July 4
The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner Runs June 19 Ray Davies Runs June 22 Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Runs July 9 - 14 Hever Castle Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG Tel 01732 866114 Website www.heverlakeside.co.uk
HMS Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan Runs July 23 – 26
La Cenerentola (Cinderella) by Rossini Runs August 7 - 8
Goodnestone Park Gardens Nr Wingham, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PL Tel 01227 787787 Website www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk/index.html
The Barber of Seville by Rossini Runs August 22
West Green House Gardens Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8JB Tel 01252 844611 Website www.westgreenhousegardens.co.uk/Opera.htm
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart Runs August 1 – 2
Dido and Aeneas by Purcell Runs August 8 – 9
Pyramus and Thisbe by Lampe Runs August 8 - 9
Greyfriars Garden Winchelsea, Sussex Tel 01797 222 723 Website www.gardenopera.co.uk
The Barber of Seville by Rossini Runs June 4 – September 11
Bouncers Farm Wickham Hall Lane, Wickham Bishops, Essex CM8 3JJ Tel 01621 894112 Website www.operaintheorchard.co.uk
I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo Runs July 18 – 19
Not in Front of the Waiter by Offenbach Runs July 18 - 19
Stanley Hall Halstead, Essex CO9 2LY Tel 01787 222619 Website www.stanleyhall.co.uk/welcome2.html
Fra Diavolo by Auber Runs June 18 - 21
Glemham Hall Little Glemham, Woodbridge, Suffolk Tel 01473 433 100 Website www.glemhamhall.co.uk/events.html
The Barber of Seville by Rossini Runs June 14
Mannington Hall Norwich, Norfolk NR11 7BB Tel 01263 584175 Website www.gardens-guide.com/gardenpages/_0065.htm
Don Pasquale by Donizetti Runs August 1
Garsington Manor Garsington, Oxford OX44 9DH Tel 01865 361636 Website www.garsingtonopera.org
Mirandolina by Martinu Runs June 18 – July 5
Fidelio by Beethoven Runs June 3 – July 3
La Cenerentola by Rossini Runs June 6 – July 4
Longborough Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF Tel 01451 830292 Website www.longboroughopera.com
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart Runs June 10 – July 22
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Britten Runs June 10 – July 22
Carmen by Bizet Runs June 10 – July 22
La Boheme by Puccini Runs June 10 – July 22
Iford Manor Iford, Wiltshire BA15 2BA Tel 01225 868 124 Website www.ifordarts.co.uk
The Barber of Seville by Rossini Runs June 20 – July 4
The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi Runs July 10 - 18
Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky Runs July 24 – August 1
Walcot Hall Lydbury, North Shropshire SY7 8AZ Tel 01588 680570 Website www.walcothall.com/opera.shtml
Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart Runs June 5 – 6
Clonter Opera Swettenham Heath, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2LR Tel 01260 224514 Website www.clonteropera.com
Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart Runs April 23 - 25
Delamore House Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9RF Tel 01752 837441 Website www.newdevonopera.co.uk
La Boheme – Puccini Runs July 24 – 28 Culross Abbey House Culross, Dunfermline Tel 01383 880349 Website www.culrossfestival.com/shows.htm
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart Runs June 7
Castleward Strangford, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland BT30 7LS Tel 02892 639545 Website www.castlewardopera.com
Die Fledermaus by Strauss Runbs May 29 – June 20
Borris House Borris, Co Carlow Tel +353 53 925 5071 Website www.blackstairsopera.com
Acis and Galatea by Handel Runs July 3 - 4
Bastien and Bastienne by Mozart Runs July 3 – 4
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