Garsington Opera 2018: three comedies in music, and a mystery
In an idyllic setting a short ride out of London, Garsington Opera presents Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss – and an opera on ice!
Richard Strauss's Capriccio, Garsington Opera
In his witty and elegant opera Capriccio, Richard Strauss imagines an intellectual dual between a poet and a composer, who argue over whose is the highest art form, in order to impress a Countess.
Read more ...Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Garsington Opera
Tamino loves Pamina, but they have never met. Her mother is Queen of the Night, but Tamino seeks enlightenment. And a birdcatcher really wants to catch a wife.... Mozart's comic opera finds its ideal home in the natural setting of Garsington. With superb soprano Louise Alder as Pamina.
Read more ...Verdi's Falstaff, Garsington Opera
The thwarted, farcical efforts of a lecherous, fat Shakespearean knight to seduce two married women are chronicled with wit and brio by Giuseppe Verdi in his last comic opera, Falstaff. A new production at Garsington this year stars Henry Waddington in the title role, and soprano Soraya Mafi.
Read more ...David Sawer's The Skating Rink, Garsington Opera
Opera on ice! As two recent films have shown, passions can be hot in the skating world. Here a competitor who misses the Olympics has a rink built for her by an admirer, but she is not alone.... A new opera for Garsington, and definitely a first in many ways.
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