International Summer Opera Festival featuring UK’s foremost residential opera summer school. FESTIVAL 2026: July 21-25 Samson et Dalila and L'elisir d'amore ❤️
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Booking now open for Dorset Opera Festival 2026. Two glorious productions this July: L’elisir d’amore and Samson et Dalila. 21–25 July at Bryanston, Dorset dorsetopera.com/
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Soothing noises that induce relaxation and joy... ocean waves, crackling fires, birdsong, wind in trees... and the ping on the office laptops when ticket sales are coming in. The July sunshine is a way off but priority booking is open dorsetopera.com
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12 Dec 2025
It’s a genuinely exciting moment when we can reveal our forthcoming season — and last night our Artistic Director, Rod Kennedy, did just that at our Patrons' Christmas party...
🎭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱!..
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2 Aug 2025
Composer Pietro Mascagni died 80 years ago today
This is the house of Giovanni Verga in Catania, Sicily. He wrote the story of Cavaliera rusticana put to music by Mascagni
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31 Jul 2024
Under the Greenwood Tree @DorsetOpera
Review by Claire Alexander
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“What composer @pcarrcomposer
also directing, has done is perfectly capture the simplicity and naivety of the novel and this production…”
markaspen.com/2024/07/24/gre…
#opera #theatre
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14 Jul 2024
“Whose hands are whose?” - rehearsing their first kiss in “Under the Greenwood Tree” - the gorgeous @JamieGroote & @Felix_Kemp This new opera will receive its World Première @DorsetOpera on Tuesday 23rd July! @operamagazine @Operanow
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19 Jun 2024
In our 50th Anniversary year, world-class opera in the heart of Dorset, fully staged at @BryanstonSchool Puccini's 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙡𝙮, Paul Carr's 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚, a 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩 Dorsetopera.com #Dorset #Dorsetopera
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9 Nov 2023
Today’s the day! If you’re not in Warsaw for @TheOperaAwards tonight, don’t forget you can join us LIVE from @Opera_Narodowa via @OperaVision_eu at 19h CET.
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9 Nov 2023
🌟 Exciting News🌟We are thrilled to share that as proud finalists we are attending the prestigious International Opera Awards ceremony in Warsaw tonight 🎭✨ LIVESTREAM from the Polish National Opera!operavision.eu/performance/i… #OperaVision #InternationalOperaAwards
@TheOperaAwards
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29 Jul 2023
Another great review out this morning. The final performance of Le Roi de Lahore is today 2pm. Don't miss this rare and beautiful opera. Some returns are available this morning. planethugill.com/2023/07/a-l…
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★★★★ Review: Le Roi de Lahore – Dorset Festival Opera is on its mettle in this ambitious revival of Massenet’s forgotten grand opéra @DorsetOpera bit.ly/3Qn90jo
ALT Two performers in colourful robes holding hands on stage, singing
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28 Jul 2023
Grand designs, Le roi de Lahore, Dorset Opera Festival @EllaMarchment operascene.co.uk/reviews/gra…
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28 Jul 2023
The final chorale from Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” - one of the most beautiful moments in all opera: Dorset Opera Festival’s production has 2 sold-out performances left, tonight and tomorrow. Photo by Julian Guidera @DorsetOpera @StewartCharles1 @JsmithLD
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26 Jul 2023
Tonight @Bryanston for @DorsetOpera’s production of Massenet rarity Le Roi de Lahore -- a characteristically challenging choice. Ella Marchment directs & Jeremy Carnall conducts.
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DorsetOperaFestival retweeted
27 Jul 2023
To attain a wow factor level of glamour on a minute budget is a remarkable achievement: 4 stars from me in @TheStage for @DorsetOpera’s extraordinary Le Roi de Lahore
★★★★ Review: Le Roi de Lahore – Dorset Festival Opera is on its mettle in this ambitious revival of Massenet’s forgotten grand opéra @DorsetOpera bit.ly/3Qn90jo
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13 Jul 2023
🎭 Our volunteers getting our preloved costumes off for another wonderful @DorsetOpera performance.
Thank you to the talented Production Designer @StewartCharles1 for supporting our charity by hiring our costumes 💜.
#supporttheatre #costume #brighton
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12 Jul 2023
To quote a caller to the box office.."I simply must come again this year to see Paul Carr's 𝑵𝒐𝒛𝒛𝒆 𝒅𝒊 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒐. His 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 at Dorset Opera Festival last year was the best production I've seen. And I know darling. I've seen it almost everywhere"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11 Jul 2023
Off to direct Figaro @DorsetOpera - my 8th production there and my 3rd Mozart in a row; it remains for me, one of the UK’s most extraordinary and vibrant of opera festivals! #OPERA #Dorset
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