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Garsington Opera 2019 to book now

By Claudia Pritchard on 15/3/2019

Book now for Smetana, Mozart, Offenbach and Britten, in a season of romance, drama and comedy

Star soprano Natalya Romaniw plays the title role in The Bartered Bride. Photo: Patrick Allen, Opera Omnia

Smetana's The Bartered Bride

One of the most tuneful and popular comic operas stars Natalya Romaniw (pictured) in the title role, as a young woman who is determined to marry the man she loves, not the bridegroom chosen by her parents.

WHEN

29 May 2019 – 30 Jun 2019, nine performances; with long dinner interval

WHERE

Garsington Opera
Wormsley Estate , Stokenchurch, HP14 3YG

Garsington Opera is just the place for Don Giovanni's nocturnal intrigues

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Mozart's evergreen opera, Don Giovanni, is sure to prove a huge attraction at Garsington. Opera-lovers should pick a date at once to hear some of the finest music the composer ever wrote, with an all-star cast.

WHEN

30 May 2019 – 21 Jul 2019, 12 performances; includes long dinner interval

WHERE

Garsington Opera
Wormsley Estate , Stokenchurch, HP14 3YG

Hanna Hipp sings the title role in Fantasio. Photo: Matthew Plummer

Offenbach's Fantasio

The German-French composer Jaccques Offenbach, of Can Can fame, is known for his catchy, upbeat melodies, and 2019 marks the bicentenary of his birth. Garsington celebrates with the first UK staging of a gentle drama, which concerns a royal wedding.

WHEN

14 Jun 2019 – 20 Jul 2019, nine performances; with long dinner interval

Soprano Sophie Bevan sings the Governess in The Turn of the Screw

Britten's The Turn of the Screw

Henry James's unnerving ghost story The Turn of the Screw was the starting point for Benjamin Britten's unsettling opera of the same name, first staged in 1954 in Venice. Sophie Bevan (pictured) stars as the Governess, with tenor Ed Lyon.

WHEN

01 Jul 2019 – 19 Jul 2019, six performances; with long dinner interval

WHERE

Garsington Opera
Wormsley Estate , Stokenchurch, HP14 3YG