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Moreton-in-MarshTristan und Isolde

Catherine Carby (Brangäne) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Anthony Negus; Carmen Jakobi; Longborough Festival Opera; Kimie Nakano; Ben Ormerod; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra

Moreton-in-MarshHansel and GretelNew production

Longborough Festival
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Karen Kamensek; Lucy Bailey; Longborough Festival Opera; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra; Longborough Youth Chorus; Joanna Harries; TBC
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A vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds

Catherine Carby (Brangäne) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
The revered Anthony Negus conducts a superb revival of Carmen Jakobi’s abstract production of Wagner’s transcendent drama at Longborough Festival Opera.
****1
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Dorman’s Wahnfried receives its UK premiere at Longborough

Mark Le Brocq (Houston Chamberlain), Alexandra Lowe (Isolde Wagner), Andrew Watts (Siegfried Wagner) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy. 
***11
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An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund) © Matthew WIlliams-Ellis
Who wouldn't relish the chance of seeing a Ring cycle at close quarters? Longborough's Die Walküre isn't perfect, but it consistently delivers on the story and on character interpretation.
****1
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Back to the Bard: Longborough's Fairy Queen

Rachel Speirs (Titania) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Polly Graham's production turns semi-opera into “three-quarters opera”, to good effect.
***11
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Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde) and Catherine Carby (Waltraute) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane. 
****1
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Grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough

An outstanding performance from Rachel Nicholls lights up Carmen Jakobi's compelling production of Korngold's exploration of grief.
****1
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