In an idyllic setting a short ride out of London, Garsington Opera presents Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss – and an opera on ice. Booking opens 10am, Tuesday 20 March. Be ready to pick great seats, pull out your evening wear and grab a hamper...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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