Thursday 1 June – Sunday 30 July 2017
The main season will expand from three to four opera productions annually, and will see the start of a partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra. In addition, next year there will be a large scale, newly commissioned community opera involving 180 local people of all ages alongside professional singers and the Garsington Opera Orchestra.
1,3,9,15,24,30 June, 4 July 5.55pm
NEW PRODUCTION
SEMELE
George Frideric Handel
(sung in English)
Conductor Jonathan Cohen
Director Annilese Miskimmon
Designer Nicky Shaw
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
Cast
Heidi Stober, Robert Murray, Christine Rice, David Soar, Christopher Ainslie,
Llio Evans
GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
2,4,8,10, 17 June, 3,6,9,11,14,16 July 5.25pm
REVIVAL
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(sung in Italian)
Conductor Douglas Boyd
Director John Cox
Associate Director Bruno Ravella
Designer Robert Perdziola
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
Cast
Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France, Duncan Rock, Kirsten MacKinnon, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Stephen Richardson, Janis Kelly, Timothy Robinson, Alun Rhys-Jenkins
GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
16, 18, 22, 25, 27 June, 1, 7 July 5.55pm
NEW PRODUCTION
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Claude Debussy
(sung in French)
Conductor Jac van Steen
Director Michael Boyd
Designer Tom Piper
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Cast
Jonathan McGovern, Andrea Carroll, Paul Gay, Brian Bannatyne-Scott,
Susan Bickley
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA & GARSINGTON OPERA CHORUS
26, 29 June, 2,5,8,10,13,15 July 5.55pm
REVIVAL
IL TURCO IN ITALIA
Gioachino Rossini
(sung in Italianj
Conductor David Parry
Director Martin Duncan
Designer Francis O’Connor
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
Movement Director Nick Winston
Cast
Sarah Tynan, Luciano Botelho, Katie Bray, Quirijn de Lang, Geoffrey Dolton,
Mark Stone
GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
28, 29, 30 July 7.30pm
NEW COMMISSION
SILVER BIRCH
Roxanna Panufnik
(sung in English)
Conductor Douglas Boyd
Director Karen Gillingham
Designer Rhiannon Newman Brown
Composer Roxanna Panufnik
Librettist Jessica Duchen
Movement Director Natasha Khamjani
Cast
Sam Furness, Victoria Simmonds, Darren Jeffery, Bradley Travis, Sarah Redgwick, James Way and 180 members of the local community
GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA
Garsington Opera at Wormsley Box Office 01865 361636