7 June – 11 July 2013

7,9,15,19,22,25 June, 1,6 July 6.20pm

DIE ENTFUHRÜNG AUS DEM SERAIL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor William Lacey  Director Daniel Slater  Designer Francis O’Connor

Cast

Norman Reinhardt, Rebecca Nelsen, Mark Wilde, Susanna Andersson, Matthew Rose

8,10,16,20,26,28 June, 4,10 July 5.45pm

BRITISH STAGE PREMIERE

MAOMETTO SECONDO

Gioacchino Rossini

Conductor David Parry  Director Edward Dick  Designer Robert Innes Hopkins

Cast

Darren Jeffery, Paul Nilon, Siân Davies, Caitlin Hulcup, Christopher Diffey, Richard Dowling

 23,27,29 June, 2,5,7,9,11 July 6.35pm

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL

Engelbert Humperdinck

Conductor Martin André, Director Olivia Fuchs, Designer Niki Turner

Cast

Claudia Huckle, Anna Devin, Yvonne Howard, Sophie Junker, Ruth Jenkins, Susan Bickley. Sophie Junker

Trinity Choir

 GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS 

Garsington Opera at Wormsley General enquiries 01865 361636

www.garsingtonopera.org

Brighton Festival is delighted to announce that the 2013 Guest Director of Brighton Festival is the celebrated poet, writer, broadcaster and previous Children’s Laureate

 Michael Rosen.

Brighton Festival – three weeks of unrivalled arts celebration across the city ofBrightonandHove– will take place from 4 – 26 May 2013. Full programme details will be announced on Wednesday 27 February 2013.

Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of Brighton Dome & Festival said, “We are delighted to welcome Michael Rosen on board as Guest Director for 2013. For the past five years we have invited a Guest Director to bring their knowledge and experience of the arts to this Festival, which has helped us to nurture and grow an extraordinary range of art and ideas appealing to our local, regional, national and international audiences. For several decades Michael Rosen has entertained, educated and moved audiences of all ages. He has the infectious energy of a polymath and is curious about and interested in everything – perfect for such an eclectic and wide-ranging festival as ours. I am looking forward to another fantastic Festival here inBrighton.”

Michael Rosen said, “It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to be involved with Brighton Festival. It’s exciting but it’s also going to be a challenge! I am a great believer in festivals – they are an informal college of the arts for everyone. There’s been a big change since I was a child when the arts were tucked away in theatres and galleries and Brighton Festival takes cultural activity and brings it to many different audiences across a whole city.”

Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 2013

Ludlow Assembly Rooms

The fifth triennial Ludlow English Song Weekend, under the artistic direction of Iain Burnside, will run from 30 May to 2 June and will include a wide range of English songs in nine recitals by some of the country’s leading singers. There will be premieres of works by Julian Philips and Brian Elias and performances of two previously unpublished works by Finzi, written for baritone and organ. The weekend will be packed with events including Master Classes, Young Musicians Recitals, talks, films, discussions and performances by the winners of the national young composers’ competition.

Events take place in the elegant Assembly Rooms as well as the Parish Church in this beautiful border town, where A.E. Housman’s ashes are buried.