Wild Arts brings its famous Opera Show to Sudeley Castle for the first time.
Their opera evening is a love story built around your favourite opera classics, arranged into 75 minutes of musical delight. Sung by the stars of tomorrow and played by a string quintet of top chamber musicians.
You are welcome to arrive from 5pm to set up your picnic on the lawn and open the bubbly. Bring whatever you need to make yourselves comfortable - picnic rugs, tables, chairs and hampers are all welcome. There will be a bar onsite offering light refreshments.
For the performance, audience chairs will be set out for you on the Mulberry Lawn.
The performance will start at 6.30pm and there will be 30-minute around 7.10pm. The show will finish around 8.15pm.
Nearer the time, Wild Arts will email the programme and performers, directions and information on where to park.
Wild Arts is a new company that brings world-class opera to beautiful places around the UK. It nurtures young talent and runs music and singing projects in primary schools. More details on wildarts.org.uk.
Let me tell you that Wild Arts’ opera evenings are of a breathtakingly high, ROH-level musical standard – a gorgeous quintet of musicians and a most cunning choice of excerpts, mischievously well acted. I’d follow them anywhere. Libby Purves
This is their first performance at Sudeley.
Tickets are £40, or £10 for everyone under the age of 18. Enjoy the evening together with friends - buy 6 tickets for the price of 5.
Free parking is included with your ticket. Only a limited number of tickets will be offered for sale, so please book early.
Sudeley Castle and the Wild Arts team
Timings
Gardens open - 5pm
Performance begins - 6.30pm (Mulberry Lawn)
(30-minute interval)
Performance ends - 8.15pm
Carriages - 8.30pm
Prices
Ticket - £40 (includes free parking)
Party of 6 for the price of 5 - £200
Under 18s - £10
Programme
Verdi Prelude and Opening Scene from La Traviata
Handel V’adoro, Pupille
Verdi Dal labbro il canto from Falstaff
Gershwin Slap that bass
Tchaikovsky Ya vas lyublu from the Queen of Spades
Gershwin Someone to watch over me
Lehàr Ich bin ein anständige Frau from The Merry Widow
Rossini Act I Finale stretto from L’italiana in Algeri
Lehrer Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
Rossini Ai capriccioso from L’italiana in Algeri
Mozart Deh Vieni from The Marriage of Figaro
Verdi Tace la notte from La Trovatore
Handel Scherzt infida from Ariodante
Lortzing Quartet from Undine
Rodgers & Hammerstein You’ll never walk alone from Carousel
