Longborough

New stars enthuse a brilliant chorus and orchestra as Macbeth joins the LFO season’s successes

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [3] – Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nil Venditti (conductor) Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.7.2026. (CP)

Mark Stone (Macbeth) and Viktoriia Balan (Lady Macbeth) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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With its revival of Tristan und Isolde Longborough is back with what it does at its very best

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [2] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Antony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 20.6.2026. (CP)

Catherine Carby (Brangane) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Longborough assembles five outstanding exponents of Handel for their courageous Orlando production

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [1] – Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Moulds (conductor). Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, 31.5.2026. (CP)

Olivia Higginbottom, Kelli-Ann Masterson (Dorinda) and Katie Bray (Medoro) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Christopher Ward is Longborough Festival Opera’s new Music Director from 2027

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Longborough Festival Opera has appointed conductor Christopher Ward as its new Music Director from the 2027 season London-born Christopher Ward joins Longborough Festival Opera (LFO) from Theater Aachen and Sinfonieorchester Aachen, where he has served as General Music Director since 2018. He brings more than two decades of experience working at leading German opera houses, alongside a broad … Read more

Longborough Festival Opera returns from 30 May to 8 August 2026 with a wide-ranging programme

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Longborough Festival Opera 2026 programme presents three new productions and a celebrated revival

The world-class opera festival in the Cotswolds presents new productions of Handel’s Orlando, Verdi’s Macbeth and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel alongside a revival of its acclaimed 2017 Tristan und Isolde.

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