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2026 Season Announced

We are thrilled to announce the operas for our 2026 Festival, which will run from Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 25 July 2026 – Verdi’s La traviata, Strauss’s Der RosenkavalierMonteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse, and Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest.


La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor – Douglas Boyd
Director – Louisa Muller


Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss

Conductor – Finnegan Downie Dear
Director – Bruno Ravella


Il ritorno d’Ulisse
Claudio Monteverdi

Conductor – Laurence Cummings
Director – John Caird


The Importance of Being Earnest
Gerald Barry

Conductor – Douglas Boyd
Director – Jack Furness


Full details including cast will be released in October 2025.