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Le Comte OryGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
A riotous romp concludes Garsington’s 2021 season |
 29 Jul 21 / Opera Today |
Garsington Opera’s highly enjoyable Le Comte Ory has an energetic, risqué sense of fun |
| 21 Jul 21 / Seen and Heard |
Garsington Opera’s highly enjoyable Le Comte Ory has an energetic, risqué sense of fun |
| 20 Jul 21 / Seen and Heard |
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Anarchic and camp, it’s the perfect tonic |
| 6 Jul 21 / The Guardian |
The silliest night out you’ll have this side of panto season |
| 6 Jul 21 / iNews |
Bangs and whimpers: Cal McCrystal directs a riotous Le Comte Ory at Garsington |
| 6 Jul 21 / Bachtrack |
AmadigiGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Garsington’s Amadigi di Gaula imposes a certain quirky consistency, therefore, upon an uneven work |
| 24 Jul 21 / Seen and Heard |
A bold abstract setting for Handel's gloriously human score |
| 28 Jun 21 / The Arts Desk |
Garsington Opera delights with a rarely performed Handel work |
| 27 Jun 21 / Music OMH |
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We should treasure the festival for glorious music such as this |
| 22 Jun 21 / iNews |
Garsington's Amadigi is an enchanting night at the opera |
| 21 Jun 21 / Telegraph |
Eugene OneginGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Garsington’s Eugene Onegin delivers |
| 5 Jul 21 / Music OMH |
Women on top form |
| 23 Jun 21 / The Article |
Michael Boyd’s production has tremendous verve |
| 8 Jun 21 / Independent |
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Choral and orchestral opulence for Tchaikovsky |
| 7 Jun 21 / The Arts Desk |
Orchestra and chorus light up Garsington's Eugene Onegin revival |
| 5 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
Der RosenkavalierGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Musical marvels, drama less often fulfilled |
| 19 Jun 21 / The Arts Desk |
Garsington Opera has finally reopened with a modern take on Richard Strauss’s ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ |
| 8 Jun 21 / Independent |
Spectacle and opulence in Garsington's richly rewarding Rosenkavalier |
| 8 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
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Glittering 50s update cleverly separates love and lust |
| 4 Jun 21 / The Guardian |
FidelioGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Garsington Opera show how the themes in Fidelio resonate in 2020 now our freedoms are severely restricted |
| 25 Oct 20 / Seen and Heard |
Heart of darkness, light-filled liberation |
| 22 Sep 20 / The Arts Desk |
This Fidelio punched home its message |
| 20 Sep 20 / The Observer |
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Douglas Boyd seemed absolutely in his element, emphatically conveying the heights and depths of the score even in reduced form |
| 16 Sep 20 / Opera News |
Genuinely eloquent |
| 15 Sep 20 / The Stage |
Garsington's semi-staging speaks to us directly and movingly |
| 15 Sep 20 / The Guardian |
Fidelio overcomes all obstacles to rescue Garsington Opera's 2020 festival |
| 15 Sep 20 / Bachtrack |
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Fidelio: semi-staged live performance at Garsington
Garsington Opera will be giving semi-staged performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio in the Opera Pavilion at Wormsley on 12, 14, 18 & 20 September 2020.
Garsington Opera will be giving semi-staged performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio in the Opera Pavilion at Wormsley on 12, 14, 18 & 20 September 2020.
FantasioGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Elogio de la locura |
| 30 Jul 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Offenbach’s bicentenary year Garsington Opera Fantasio |
| 25 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard |
First staged production of Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington |
| 19 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
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Clown court |
| 18 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
Jennifer France is outstanding as Elsbeth |
| 17 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
Don GiovanniGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Garsington Opera’s alert and intriguing Don Giovanni production |
| 24 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
Don Giovanni turns painter in Garsington Opera's brilliant take on Mozart |
| 28 Jun 19 / The Oxford Times |
Mozart’s terrifying opera buffa isn’t just playing it for laughs |
| 11 Jun 19 / Henley Standard |
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This was the ladies’ evening |
| 4 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
A violent splash of black paint triggers the D minor chord which initiates the Overture |
| 4 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
Michael Boyd’s production of Don Giovanni is a damp squib |
| 1 Jun 19 / Independent |
This isn’t a classic Garsington presentation |
| 1 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
A vague staging of Mozart’s dark comedy |
| 1 Jun 19 / The Stage |
Mixed emotions: a flawed but interesting Don Giovanni from Garsington Opera |
| 1 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
The Bartered BrideGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
Natalya Romaniw campe une extraordinaire Mařenka |
| 21 Jul 19 / Anaclase |
Garsington Opera’s The Bartered Bride is a winning summer’s evening |
| 12 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard |
Charm and wit in assured English village staging |
| 4 Jun 19 / The Guardian |
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Paul Curran’s direction is sensitively handled |
| 4 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
A brilliant The Bartered Bride to open Garsington's 2019 30th anniversary season |
| 3 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
The opera festival at the top of its game |
| 2 Jun 19 / The Stage |
An exuberantly performed, perfectly pitched first show of the season |
| 2 Jun 19 / Broadway World |
Ambridge meets Ealing in this jolly update |
| 2 Jun 19 / Telegraph |
The most brilliantly choreographed display of acrobatics imaginable |
| 1 Jun 19 / Independent |
Anyone expecting a folksy Moravian setting might be briefly disappointed |
| 1 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
Czech tale turns into a very English caper |
| 31 May 19 / Evening Standard |
Czech mate: a hilarious and immaculately executed Bartered Bride at Garsington |
| 31 May 19 / Bachtrack |
The Turn of the ScrewGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Erlkönigs Lockgesang schwirrt durch die Nacht |
| 19 Jul 19 / FAZ |
Garsington’s admirable flucidation of psychologically and emotionally dark The Turn of the Screw |
| 13 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
Deft, elegant and genuinely chilling |
| 11 Jul 19 / The Spectator |
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Sophie Bevan's Governess was passionately sung |
| 9 Jul 19 / Music OMH |
A terrific, and terrifying, The Turn of the Screw at Garsington |
| 9 Jul 19 / Opera Today |
Even in broad daylight, Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw is a brilliantly chilling affair |
| 7 Jul 19 / The Observer |
A beautiful and unsettling piece of theatre |
| 4 Jul 19 / The Guardian |
The staging does this creepy masterpiece proud |
| 3 Jul 19 / Classical Source |
Goosebumps at Garsington: an outstanding, shadowy Turn of the Screw |
| 3 Jul 19 / Bachtrack |
The Skating RinkGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 15 | |
This complex modern drama, brilliantly sung, is a frozen asset |
| 15 Jul 18 / The Sunday Times |
The Skating Rink grows in intensity with each act |
| 15 Jul 18 / The Observer |
An exotic new mystery thriller is Garsington's final opera of 2018 |
| 14 Jul 18 / What's on Stage |
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The Skating Rink is not as engaging and stimulating as it could be |
| 10 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard |
Prosaic words and music fail to make magic on ice |
| 10 Jul 18 / Evening Standard |
Strong performance of a new opera with a very striking voice, inspired by Roberto Bolano's novel |
| 9 Jul 18 / Planet Hugill |
The Skating Rink is not as engaging and stimulating as it could be |
| 9 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard |
With its blazing sunshine, there could not have been a more appropriate day for the premiere of this work |
| 9 Jul 18 / Music OMH |
Shivers up and down the spine |
| 7 Jul 18 / Bachtrack |
Finely observed |
| 7 Jul 18 / The Stage |
The whole received a strong performance from both cast and orchestra |
| 7 Jul 18 / Opera Today |
A superb cast can't save a thin plot and banal libretto |
| 7 Jul 18 / Independent |
An intriguing experiment in neo-noir that pays off handsomely |
| 7 Jul 18 / Telegraph |
Smart murder mystery opera is unfussy and clear |
| 7 Jul 18 / The Guardian |
Grant Doyle as Enric sings with burnished tone throughout and is dramatically effective |
| 6 Jul 18 / Classical Source |
CapriccioGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 20 | |
Le niveau d’excellence du plateau vocal force l’admiration et appelle les hourras! |
| 9 Jul 18 / Anaclase |
No contest |
| 2 Jul 18 / The Critics' Circle |
A little bit of magic: Soprano Miah Persson in Richard Strauss's opera |
| 28 Jun 18 / The Epoch Times |
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It was Music which ‘won’ in the end |
| 26 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
Many musical rewards in Capriccio at Garsington |
| 14 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard |
Strauss’s last opera is a ‘whim whim’ for Wormsley festival |
| 11 Jun 18 / Henley Standard |
A little bit of magic: Miah Persson in Richard Strauss's Capriccio at Garsington |
| 11 Jun 18 / Planet Hugill |
Miah Persson excels in Capriccio |
| 11 Jun 18 / The Times |
Mozart’s forces of darkness and light fight it out alongside voluptuous Strauss on the lawns at Garsington |
| 10 Jun 18 / The Observer |
Music and words in operatic struggle |
| 8 Jun 18 / Oxford Mail |
Garsington makes as good a case as you can for Strauss's frothy Capriccio |
| 7 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
A rare production of Strauss's final opera and a sophisticated summer treat |
| 6 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
Garsington gives stimulating performance of Strauss’s Capriccio |
| 6 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard |
Makes a profound impression |
| 5 Jun 18 / The Stage |
Ingeniously controlled chaos |
| 5 Jun 18 / Independent |
On occasion things are a little too serious, but overall Richard Strauss’s ensemble piece plays out with nuance and verve |
| 5 Jun 18 / The Times |
A gentle, sympathetic Capriccio at Garsington |
| 4 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
The poignancy of triviality |
| 4 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
Miah Persson’s beautifully judged Countess is discreet without a hint of sphinx-like remoteness |
| 3 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
A sweet and beautiful confection |
| 3 Jun 18 / Telegraph |
FalstaffGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | |
The most cheerful and warmhearted production of Verdi’s final opera I have seen |
| 25 Jun 18 / Express |
Sister suffragette |
| 24 Jun 18 / Forum Opéra |
Falstaff in the 'back garden'? Blooming good! |
| 24 Jun 18 / Daily Mail |
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A list of today’s great Falstaffs should now include Henry Waddington |
| 21 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
Garsington Opera transfers Falstaff from Elizabeth pomp to Edwardian pompousness |
| 20 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
The pace is terrific |
| 20 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Verdi's comic farewell in a fine new production by Garsington Opera |
| 20 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
You will rarely hear Verdi’s intricate ensembles delivered with such rapport between pit and stage, nor the drama paced so effectively |
| 20 Jun 18 / The Times |
Songs of innocence and experience: Verdi's Falstaff at Garsington |
| 19 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Henry Waddington gives the most convincing, moving, and beautifully-sung performance |
| 19 Jun 18 / Independent |
Die ZauberflöteGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
The overture and the great choral pieces were solemn and dignified, and the duets sparkling |
| 19 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
A production swamped by a surplus of ideas |
| 16 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Mozart’s forces of darkness and light fight it out alongside voluptuous Strauss on the lawns at Garsington |
| 10 Jun 18 / The Observer |
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Imaginative re-think on Mozart's Enlightenment |
| 9 Jun 18 / Express |
Cold and confusing |
| 7 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
Garsington’s Die Zauberflöte is more rewarding vocally than theatrically |
| 6 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard |
The orchestra is carefully blended, the chorus is terrific and the soloists uniformly impressive |
| 4 Jun 18 / The Times |
Netia Jones shows she's more than a video artist with her riveting new staging of 'Die Zauberflöte' |
| 2 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
An enigmatic staging |
| 2 Jun 18 / The Stage |
Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington |
| 2 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Netia Jones' new Die Zauberflöte opens Garsington Opera's 2018 season |
| 2 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
By setting the action in a Masonic lodge, Netia Jones leaves no space for the imagination |
| 2 Jun 18 / Independent |
Silver BirchGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Garsington’s season closes on a high note with Panufnik’s Silver Birch |
| 1 Aug 17 / Seen and Heard |
This community opera is cinematic in its scope and fluidity |
| 1 Aug 17 / The Times |
A real achievement |
| 1 Aug 17 / Financial Times (via Google) |
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Panufnik’s music is both strong and accessible |
| 31 Jul 17 / Music OMH |
A work of beauty and hope |
| 30 Jul 17 / Classical Source |
Pelléas et MélisandeGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
La soirée n’a pas été des meilleures |
| 13 Jul 17 / Anaclase |
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Performance schedule
Monteverdi
1 Jun to 3 Jul 2022
Mozart
2 Jun to 20 Jul 2022
Dvorak
18 Jun to 19 Jul 2022
Britten
2 to 18 Jul 2022
Panufnik
28 to 31 Jul 2022
News & Articles
| Garsington Opera’s The Turn of the Screw wins award |
Winners of the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards have been revealed this evening in a digital broadcast featuring performances filmed at London’s Wigmore Hall. |
| 19 Nov 2020 / Opera Today |
| Garsington Opera get the go-ahead for new rehearsal centre |
Garsington Opera has been given the go-ahead for a new £14 million rehearsal centre. Construction on the project is set to begin next year, and aims to be completed in 2023. |
| 19 Nov 2020 / Broadway World |
| Fidelio: semi-staged live performance at Garsington |
Garsington Opera will be giving semi-staged performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio in the Opera Pavilion at Wormsley on 12, 14, 18 & 20 September 2020. |
| 1 Aug 2020 / Opera Today |
| Another opera company returns to life |
Garsington Opera will give four semi-staged Fidelios in the Opera Pavilion at Wormsley on 12, 14, 18 and 20 September 2020. |
| 29 Jul 2020 / Slipped Disc |
| Garsington Opera announces 2021 season |
Next summer the company will return to celebrate its 10th anniversary at Wormsley, in true Garsington style. |
| 3 Jul 2020 / Opera Today |
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