PAST EVENTS 2023

February 

Monday 6 February 2023 

7.00 pm St Andrews in the Garden Room. 

Simon Rees will talk about Mozart's The Magic Flute in advance of our visit to WNO. Simon has a particular interest in the staging of the opera and in the Masonic allusions. The ideology of the opera is a subject of controversy nowadays, and we hope for a lively discussion after the talk.

March

Welsh National Opera Sunday 5 March

We have reserved seats for The Magic Flute in Cardiff on Sunday 5 March 2023 at 4pm. This is a new production, in English – see https://wno.org.uk/whats-on/the-magic-flute-mozart.

Bookings and coach details have been notified to members.

Everyman Theatre
 Cheltenham
16-18 March: 
Dnipro Opera from Ukraine: 
Aida, Carmen, Madam Butterfly

May

ETO at Everyman (group suppers) tbc

4-6 May: 
English Touring Opera :
 Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini), Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti), Giulio Cesare (Handel)

Sunday 28May

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

 5.30 pm St Andrews: AGM followed by DVD  and the Society's annual supper during the interval.

Garsington begins

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Longborough Opera summer season: 

The Twilight of the Gods (the concluding opera of Longborough's Ring cycle) The Elixir of Love (Donizetti), Orfeo (Monteverdi), The Fairy Queen (Purcell)

Please see Malcolm Kelsall's email dated 11 January for a booking form and dates. Deadline for completion of form 31 January
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The programme for Garsington in 2023 

Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) May 31, June 02/ 08/ 10/ 12/ 17/ July 07/ 09/ 16/ 18/ 22

 Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss) June 18/ 24/ 29/ July 01/ 08/ 14/ 19/ 21 

Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart) June 01/ 03/ 09/ 11/ 23/ 27 July 02

 The Bartered Bride (Smetana) June 30/ July 03/ 05/ 08/ 13/ 15/ 20/ 23 

We expect to obtain tickets and arrange picnic accommodation as usual. Non members £5 extra to cover insurance. 

Please see Malcolm Kelsall's email dated 11 January for a booking form and dates. Deadline for completion of form 31 January

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Early information on our Autumn programme 

To be confirmed (tbc) early September:

23 September 

La Traviata WNO Cardiff Millennium Centre. Booking confirmed, full details later. 

Contact gerry.dargavel@googlemail.com 

Non-members welcome (if seats available) at a supplement of £5.

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October.

 Zoom lecture details tbc

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28-30 November Purcell, The Fairy Queen, The Playhouse, Cheltenham. Members should buy their own tickets direct and then we will attempt to coordinate joint informal supper arrangements.

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December 

There will be a festive afternoon on Sunday 3 December, 3pm, St Andrews church. Refreshments and a light-hearted DVD

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