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Our 2009 Festival will run from 10th June to 22nd July 2009 and will include:
Carmen sung in French with English surtitles
Bizet
Conductor Jeremy Silver Director Alan Privett
Carmen is the celebrated tale of a wild gypsy girl who inspires obsessive and destructive passion in her lover, Don José. The music is full of enduring melodies influenced by the rhythms and harmonies of Spanish music. This is a freshly-staged revival of our 2006 production.
Wed 10, Thu 11, Sat 13 June, Tue 7 and Wed 8 July
all performances of Carmen start at 18.30
The Marriage of Figaro sung in Italian with English surtitles
Mozart
Conductor Gianluca Marcianò Director Jenny Miller
A new LFO production of this comic masterpiece. this witty and charming story of disguise, deception, romance and flirtation has been described as the perfect opera.
Sat 20, Tue 23 Jun, Fri 10 and Sat 11 July at 18.30
Sunday 21 Jun at 15.00
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Britten
Conductor Jonathan Lyness Director Richard Studer
Using the words of Shakespeare’s play Britten created one of his most accessible scores. Oberon, Tytania and the fairies are at the heart of this piece and the atmospheric music makes this a perfect opera for a midsummer evening. A new LFO production.
Wed 1, Thu 2, Sat 4 July at 18.30
Sun 5 July at 15.00
Young Artists Production
La Bohème sung in English
Puccini
Conductor Robert Dean Director Maria Jagusz
Starring singers at the beginning of their professional careers, supported by a professional orchestra, this is a new LFO production of the much-loved opera about the struggles of young artists to live and love in Paris.
Sat 18, Tue 21 and Wed 22 July at 18.30
Two Fund-Raising Concerts
A German Romantic Evening
Conductor Anthony Negus
Longborough Festival Orchestra
Including Works by Wagner, Beethoven and Mozart
Fri 12 Jun at 18.30
An Italian Serenade
Conductor Gianluca Marcianò
Longborough Festival Orchestra
artists appearing include Martina Zadro
including work by Bellini, Donizetti, Mozart, Puccini and Verdi
Sun 12 July at 15.00 pm
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