25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS INCLUDE BRITISH PREMIERE
AND FIRST CONCERT ON STAGE AT WORMSLEY
To celebrate its 25th anniversary year, Garsington Opera presents the British premiere of Offenbach’s sparkling comedyVert-Vert, Janá?ek’s 20th century masterpiece The Cunning Little Vixen and a revival of Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio. The season at Wormsley, sponsored by JLT, runs from 6 June to 13 July and includes the first ever concert given by theGarsington Opera Orchestra at the Opera Pavilion on Sunday 6 July. This is the culmination of a weekend commemorating the First World War with a celebrity recital and a masterclass, tours of the world-famous Getty Library and a symposium entitled Peace in our Time?. For the first time, there will be a performance specially designated for schools as part of Garsington Opera’s OperaFirst education programme. For the third year running an opera performance will be relayed to the beach at Skegness as part of the SO Festival.
DIARY OF EVENTS AT WORMSLEY
Fidelio (sung in German) 6,8,15,18,21,28 June, 1,5,10,13 July 6.20pm
Vert-Vert (sung in English) 7,9,14,19,24,26 June, 3,9 July 2014 6.15pm
The Cunning Little Vixen (sung in Czech) 22,25,27 June, 4,8,12 July 2014 6.45pm
Peace in our Time? 5, 6 July
BOX OFFICE: GENERAL PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 14 APRIL 2014 Tickets £102 – £180 Telephone 01865 361636 The Old Garage, The Green, Great Milton, Oxford OX44 7NP