Garsington Opera 2027 Season – 26 May to 28 July
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Der fliegende Holländer / La clemenza di Tito /
Serse / Falstaff / Exodus
The Garsington Opera season opens on Wednesday 26 May 2027 with Garsington’s first Wagner opera in the company’s 38-year history: the composer’s early mature masterpiece Der fliegende Holländer, in a co-production with Irish National Opera directed by Rachael Hewer and designed by Francis O’Connor. Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera’s Artistic Director, conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Mozart’s penultimate opera La clemenza di Tito features The English Concert conducted by Clemens Schuldt – reprising their highly successful partnership from Mitridate, re di Ponto (Garsington Opera, 2023). Award-winning director PJ Harris and designer Alex Eales bring this drama of Roman political intrigue to the stage.
Handel’s tragi-comedy Serse was written towards the end of the composer’s operatic journey. Unappreciated at its premiere, it was finally recognised as a masterpiece in the 20th century, admired for its witty libretto and many wonderful arias. Making their house debuts are director Erica Whyman and Handel specialist David Bates who conducts The English Concert. The production is designed by Tom Piper.
Garsington presents a long-awaited revival of Bruno Ravella’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff, designed by Giles Cadle. It received five-star reviews at its premiere in 2018: ‘Ravella’s direction … scintillatingly mirrors the quicksilver intricacy of the score’ (The Independent). Conductor Alexander Joel makes his Garsington debut with the Philharmonia.
The season closes with the world premiere of a new community opera. Exodus is based on the eponymous novel by Julie Bertagna – a classic of the Young Adult genre. It has been newly created as an opera by composer John Barber and librettist Jude Christian. This ambitious new production will unite professional soloists and musicians with 200 performers from our Youth, Adult and Infant companies on the stage of the Opera Pavilion at Wormsley, conducted by Douglas Boyd and directed by Karen Gillingham, Garsington’s Creative Director of Learning & Participation.
Dates and Casts
Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer
May 26 / 30; June 5 / 19 / 23 / 28; July 2 / 4 / 10 / 15
Start time: 5.50pm – Sung in German with English supertitles
The Dutchman – Shenyang
Senta – Hedvig Haugerud
Daland – Peter Rose
Erik – Edgaras Montvidas
Mary – Claire Barnett-Jones
The Steersman – Zachary Rioux
Mazart – La clemenza di Tito
May 27 / 29; June 4 / 10 / 12 / 18 / 20
Start time: 6.05pm – Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Tito – Ed Lyon
Vitellia – Nardus Williams
Sesto – Emily Sierra
Servilia – Jessica Niles
Annio – Cláudia Ribas
Publio – William Thomas
Handel – Serse
June 11 / 13 / 25 / 27; July 3 / 6 / 8 / 17
Start time: 5.25pm – Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Serse – Niamh O’Sullivan
Romilda – Lucy Crowe
Arsamene – Jake Arditti
Amastre – Lucile Richardot
Atalanta – Alexandra Oomens
Ariodate – Henry Waddington
Elviro – Emyr Wyn Jones
Verdi – Falstaff
June 26 / 29; July 1 / 5 / 9 / 11 / 14 / 16 / 18
Start time: 6.15pm – Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sir John Falstaff – Michael Mayes
Alice Ford – Elbenita Kajtazi
Ford – Germán Enrique Alcántara
Meg Page – Megan Marino
Mistress Quicky – Claire Barnett-Jones
Nannetta – Claire Lees
Fenton – Egor Zhuravskii
Dr Caius – Colin Judson
Bardolph – Daniel Norman
Pistol – William Thomas
Barber/Christian – Exodus
A community opera based on the novel Exodus by Julia Bertagna
July 27 (7pm) / 28 (2.30pm & 7pm) – Sung in English with English supertitles
Mara – Henna Mun
Fox – Seán Boylan
Caledon – Robert Murray
Mary – Yvonne Howard
Booking Information: Garsington Opera members are invited to submit priority booking requests now. Public booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 30 March 2027.
Further information on how to book can be found here.