The 2007 listings for country house opera dates and venues from all over the UK and Ireland:
Greater London
Holland Park
Address Holland Park W8
Tel 0845 230 9769
Website www.rbkc.gov.uk/ohphollandpark/general/
Nabucco Verdi
Dates running 5 23 June
Jenufa Janacek
Dates running 6 22 June
The Barber of Seville Rossini
Dates running 30 June 14 July
Lakme Delibes
Dates running 3 15 July
La Traviata Verdi
Dates running 24 July 11 August
L’amore dei tre re Montemezzi
Dates running 27 July 10 August
Chiswick House
Address Chiswick, London W4
Tel 07956 586 066
Website www.chfriends.org.uk/events.htm
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 28 June
Observatory Gardens, Greenwich Park
Address Greenwich
Tel 020 8858 7755
Website www.friendsofgreenwichpark.org.uk/
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 27 August
South East
Glyndebourne
Address Lewes, East Sussex cBN8 5UU
Tel 01273 812321
Website www.glyndebourne.com
Cosi Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dates running 22 May 15 July
La Cenerentola Rossini
Dates running 17 June 12 August
The Matthew Passion J. S. Bach
Dates running 1 July 26 August
The Turn of the Screw B Britten
Dates running 11 August 25 August
Grange Park Opera
Address The Coach House, 12 St Thomas St, Winchester SO23 9HF
Tel 01962 86 86 00
Website www.grangeparkopera.co.uk
The Gambler Prokofiev
Dates running 31 May 16 June
The Magic Flute Mozart
Dates running 1 June 15 July
Falstaff Verdi
Dates running 22 June 4 July
I Capuleti e I Montecchi Bellini
Dates running 6 14 July
Semele Handel
Dates running 1 July
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Dates running 3 July
Hever Castle
Address Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG
Tel 01732 866114
Website www.heverlakeside.co.uk
Iolanthe Gilbert & Sullivan
Dates running 18 22 July
Tosca Puccini
Dates running 10 11 August
Harold Hiller Gardens
Address Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0QA
Tel 01794 368787
Website www.hillier.hants.gov.uk
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 3 August
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Address Nr Wingham, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PL
Tel 01227 787787
Website www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk/index.html
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 12 August
West Green House Gardens
Address Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8JB
Tel 01252 844611
Website www.westgreenhousegardens.co.uk/Opera.htm
The Magic Flute Mozart
Dates running 29 July, 5 August
The Italian Girl in Algiers Rossini
Dates running 28 July, 3 August
L’Heure Espagnole/ Soldier’s Tale Ravel/ Stravinsky
Dates running 4 August
Greyfriars Garden
Address Winchelsea, Sussex
Tel 01797 222 723
Website www.gardenopera.co.uk
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 23 June
East of England
Bouncers Farm
Address Wickham Hall Lane, Wickham Bishops, Essex CM8 3JJ
Tel 01621 894112
Website www.operaintheorchard.co.uk
Cosi Fan Tutti Mozart
Dates running 7 8 July
Stanley Hall
Address Halstead, Essex CO9 2LY
Tel 01787 222619
Website www.stanleyhall.co.uk/welcome2.html
L’Elisir d’Amore Donizetti
Dates running 21 24 June
Glemham Hall
Address Little Glemham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Tel 01473 433 100
Website www.glemhamhall.co.uk/events.html
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 10 June
Kentwell Hall
Address Long Melford, Suffolk CO10 9BA
Tel 01787 310207
Website www.kentwell.co.uk/ConcertsAndTheatre/BarberOfSeville
Barber of Seville Rossini
Dates running 21 July
Mannington Hall
Address Norwich, Norfolk NR11 7BB
Tel 01263 584175
Website web.mac.com/rogerwalpole/iWeb/Site%203/Index.html
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 10 August
Easton Lodge
Address Little Easton, Gt Dunmow, Essex CM6 2BB
Tel 01371 876979
Website www.eastonlodge.co.uk/
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 11 August
Burghley House
Address Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 3JY
Tel 01780 752451
Website www.burghley.co.uk/t3_eventdetails.asp?eid=7
The Rake’s Progress Stravinsky
Dates running 13 July
Thurston End Hall
Address Hawkedon, Nr Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk
Tel 01284 769 505
Website www.gardenopera.co.uk/
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 25 August
Midlands
Garsington Manor
Address Garsington, Oxford OX44 9DH
Tel 01865 361636
Website www.garsingtonopera.org
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Il re pastore
Dates running 9 June 9 July
Gioacchino Rossini La donna del lago
Dates running 12 June 7 July
Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos
Dates running 25 June 8 July
Longborough
Address Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, cGL56 0QF
Tel 01451 830292
Website www.longboroughopera.com
Das Rheingold Wagner
Dates running 23 30 June
Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky
Dates running 6 14 July
Cosi Fan Tutte Mozart
Dates running 20 28 July
Lacock Abbey
Address Lacock, nr Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2LG
Tel 0870 300 0579
Website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=319
The Magic Flute Mozart
Dates running 18 August
Waddesdon Manor
Address Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH
Tel 01296 653242
Website www.waddesdon.org.uk/events/jun_07/opera_anywhere.html
The Bear/ A Dinner Engagement William Walton/ Lennox Berkeley
Dates running 15-16 June
Iford Manor
Address Iford, Wiltshire BA15 2BA
Tel 01225 868 124
Website www.ifordarts.co.uk
The Rake’s Progress Stravinsky
Dates running 29 June 7 July
La Calisto Francesco Cavalli
Dates running 13 21 July
L’Elisir d’Amore Donizetti
Dates running 24 July 4 August
Hambleden Estate
Address Dairy Lane, Greenlands, Henley on Thames RG9 3AS
Tel 01491 571353
Website www.thehambledenestate.com/EventDetail.asp?Event=1&menu=1
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 26 June
The Old Hall
Address Lowdham, Nottinghamshire
Tel 0790 334 0858
Website www.doverbecktrust.org.uk
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 21 July
The Deanery
Address Bampton, Oxfordshire
Tel 01993 851876
Website www.bamptonopera.org/index.htm
Romeo & Juliet Georg Benda
Dates running 20 21 July
The Orangery
Address Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8QG
Tel 01993 851876
Website www.bamptonopera.org/index.htm
Romeo & Juliet Georg Benda
Dates running 26 27 August
Oatley’s Hall
Address Brackley, Northants
Tel 01869 325131
Website www.operadellaluna.org
L’Elisir d’Amore Donizetti
Dates running 14 15 July
West Midlands
Walcot Hall
Address Lydbury, North Shropshire SY7 8AZ
Tel 01588 680570
Website www.walcothall.com/opera.shtml
Marriage of Figaro Mozart
Dates running 1 24 June
Clonter Opera
Address Swettenham Heath, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2LR
Tel 01260 224514
Website www.clonteropera.com
Don Giovanni Mozart
Dates running 26 July 4 August, 29 September
Treago Castle
Address St Weonard’s, Herefordshire
Tel 01432 374 261
Website www.gardenopera.co.uk/summermain.html
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 14 July
South West
Clovelly Court
Address Bideford, Devon EX39 5SZ,
Tel 01271 324242
Website www.devon-connect.co.uk/attractions/clovelly-court-garden/introduction.htm
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 15 July
Trevarno Estate
Address Crowntown, Nr Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0RU
Tel 01726 874 514
Website www.trevarno.co.uk
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 28 July
Delamore House
Address Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9RF
Tel 01752 837441
Website www.newdevonopera.co.uk/
Tosca Puccini
Dates running 26 July
Pinelodge Gardens
Address Cuddra, Holmbush, Saint Austell, Cornwall PL25 3RQ
Tel 01726 874514
Website www.operabox.co.uk/
Barber of Seville Rossini
Dates running 25 August
Escot Gardens
Address Otter St Mary, Devon EX11 1LU
Tel 01404 822 188
Website www.escot-devon.co.uk
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 4 July
Ugbrooke House
Address Chudleigh, Devon TQ13 0AD
Tel 01626 852179
Website www.ugbrooke.co.uk/index.htm
Tosca Puccini
Dates running 20 21 July
Little Durnford Manor
Address Salisbury
Tel 01794 390 220
Website www.gardenopera.co.uk/
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 12 July
North of England
Alnwick Garden
Address Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1YU
Tel 01665 511350
Website www.alnwickgarden.com/news_events/view_event.asp?id=585
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 17 June
Tissington Hall
Address Tissington, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1RA
Tel 01335 352200
Website www.tissington-hall.com
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 30 June
Wales
Aberglasney Gardens
Address Llangathen, Carmarthenshire SA32 8QH
Tel 01558 668998
Website www.aberglasney.org/index.php?page=view_news&news_id=64
Barber of Seville Rossini
Dates running 8 July
Scotland
Cawdor Castle
Address Nairn IV12 5RD
Tel 01667 404401
Website www.cawdorcastle.com/news.cfm
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 15 June
Culross Abbey House
Address Culross, Dunfermline
Tel 01383 880349
Website www.culrossfestival.com
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 4 August
Bennachie
Address Aberdeen
Tel 07969 057 999
Website www.gardenopera.co.uk/
La Boheme Puccini
Dates running 14 June
N Ireland
Castleward
Address Strangford, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland BT30 7LS
Tel 02892 639545
Website www.castlewardopera.com
Un Ballo in Maschera Verdi
Dates running 1 24 June
Republic of Ireland
Borris House
Address Borris, Co Carlow
Tel +353 53 925 5071
Website www.blackstairsopera.com/
Marriage of Figaro Mozart
Dates running 6 7 July
Johnstown Castle
Address Wexford, Co. Wexford
Tel +353 53 91 22 400
Website www.wexfordopera.com/home.php
Der Silbersee (A Winter’s Fairy Tale) Kurt Weill
Dates running 31 May 15 June
Arlecchino/ Pulcinella Busoni/ Stravinsky
Dates running 1 16 June
Rusalka Dvorak
Dates running 2 – 17 June
Loughcrew Garden
Address Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland
Tel +353 498541356
Website www.loughcrew.com/opera_07.html
Carmen Bizet
Dates running 29 30 June
