Bampton Classical Opera in 2024

BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA 2024 SEASON

For their summer production Bampton Classical Opera will present Giuseppe Gazzaniga’s bubbling comedy L’isola d’Alcinawith a libretto by Giovanni Bertati. It will be sung in a new English translation by Gilly French as Alcina’s Island. Performances will be conducted by Thomas Blunt and directed by Jeremy Gray.

The company will also give a performance of Haydn’s delightful comic opera The Apothecary (Lo speziale) on May 6 at The Manor House, Dorchester on Thames, as part of the 2024 Dorchester Festival.

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A joyous Le nozze di Figaro in Lübeck

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[l-r] Joo-Anne Bitter (Countess Almaviva), Andrea Stadel (Susanna) and Jacob Scharfman (Count Almaviva) © Olaf Malzahn © Olaf Malzahn

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Lively casts and timely reflections mark the premiere of this sports opera double bill in San Francisco

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Nikola Printz (Billie Jean King) and Nathan Granner (Bobby Riggs) in an operatic reenactment of their 1973 match © Kristen Loken

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