Oxford Lieder Festival 2022
The Oxford Lieder Festival is the focal point of Oxford Lieder’s year, and the broad focus of this year’s festival is on Friendship.
Didcot Concert Orchestra – Concert 9
Didcot Concert Orchestra – Concert 9 opens with the Prelude to Wagner’s opera Parsifal – a superb demonstration of the composer’s gift for melody and rich harmony.
Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn
Joe Davies conducts a programme of Mozart’s overture the ‘Abduction from Seraglio’, Beethoven’s ‘Ruins of Athens’, Mozart’s 3rd Violin Concerto and Haydn’s Symphony No 100 (the ‘Military’).
Welsh National Opera – Makropulos
Prepare to be engrossed in one of opera’s most thrilling mysteries as The Makropulos Affair leads us on a journey to reveal the real identity of this intriguing woman.
Welsh National Opera – La bohème
WNO’s timeless production paints a vivid portrait of bohemian life in Paris at the turn of the 19th century, enhanced with atmospheric projections and Puccini’s gloriously romantic music.
Opera Anywhere’s HMS Pinafore at St Mary the Virgin, Long Wittenham
This is a tale of mismatched love across different social classes. Climb aboard to find out and enjoy a feast of fun along the way. Hip hip hooray!
Opera Anywhere’s HMS Pinafore at Heath Farm
Find stunning views of the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside for HMS Pinafore on the outdoor stage at lakeside amphitheatre at Heath Farm.
Young Artist Gala
This year, the Waterperry Opera Festival Young Artists will present a Gala concert comprising selected arias and ensembles from several different operas.
Flora
FLORA, a new commission, is a multi-disciplinary work exploring gesture and femininity through both music and dance.
Wagner at Twilight
An intimate evening concert of two of Wagner’s small-scale masterpieces, juxtaposing music expressing the purity of nature and the turbulence of human emotion: themes which are at once contrasting and yet both intensely Wagnerian.
The Diary of One Who Disappeared
Janáček’s song-cycle, The Diary of One Who Disappeared, tells the story of a young man who becomes infatuated with an elusive woman, eventually throwing his life away to follow her.
Peter and the Wolf
This tale captures the imagination of all ages through music, dance and spoken word, immersing families in the beauty of nature and and is ideal for little ones experiencing classical music for the first time.
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