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Wormsley

Garsington Opera Celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a British Premiere

25/07/201405/02/2014 by Stan

Garsington Opera Celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a British Premiere

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Categories Previously Published Tags Roger Jones, Wormsley

Villagers Win Through in Battle Against a Road

23/07/201320/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Orlando Gough/​Richard Stilgoe, Road Rage (première),Garsington Community Opera, Southbank Sinfonia / Susanna Stranders (conductor), Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley, 19.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Roger Jones, Wormsley

Rhythmic Vitality and Artistic Licence in Garsington’s Entführung

29/06/201312/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail:  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/William Lacey (conductor), Wormsley, 9.6.2013 (RJF)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Robert J Farr, Wormsley

Garsington Gives Rossini’s Maometto II its British Premiere

29/06/201312/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rossini, Maometto II: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra  of Garsington Opera / David Parry (conductor). Wormsley. (RJF) 

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Garsington Opera Concludes Second Year at Wormsley with Vintage Offenbach

11/08/202021/06/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Offenbach, La Périchole: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/David Parry (conductor), Wormsley, Berks, 18.6.2012. (RF)

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Garsington Opera Maintains its Standards in its New Home

10/04/201405/06/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/Douglas Boyd and Laurence Cummings (conductors) Wormsley, Berkshire, 3 & 4.6.2012.(RJF)

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