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This page lists all the scheduled events at Buxton Opera House. If you would like to see all the shows between specific dates in the future then please select your preferred start and end date. Alternatively, you may filter by category.
The Texas Tenors
05 September 8:00 PM
Over 100 million people from around the world tuned into America’s Got Talent last season, to see The Texas Tenors voted ‘2009’s Vocal Group of the Year’. Now, for the very first time ever, they are touring the UK! Read more about this event … or
Falstaff
26 September 7:30 PM
Shakespeare’s endearing rogue Falstaff, is one of the greatest characters in English literature and makes a fitting subject for Verdi’s final – and many believe finest – opera.
The comic stratagems employed by the Merry Wives of Windsor and their menfolk in arranging the come-uppance of both Sir John and his tormentor Ford provide the perfect backdrop for Verdi’s witty, concise and sparkling music. A brilliant combination, providing an ideal match for the Mid Wales Opera vocal and orchestral ensembles.
Martin Lloyd-Evans returns to direct this magical opera with a cast of singers who regularly perform with the major opera companies. Nicholas Cleobury conducts for the first time as the Company’s new Artistic Director. Bringing a fresh impetus to Mid Wales Opera’s immediate and entertaining style, this new production will bring home the opera’s closing thought: ‘He who laughs last, laughs best’!
Sung in English and accompanied by the Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra. Read more about this event … or
Viva Verdi!
28 November 7:30 PM
After the enormous success of Nabucco in 1842, Verdi became a household name and a symbol of Italian unification almost overnight, with cries of ‘Viva Verdi!’ resounding throughout the land. Now the acclaimed company Opera Box has teamed up with Bristol’s own 20-piece professional chamber orchestra, the Bristol Ensemble, to present an unforgettable evening of wonderful music from this greatest of composers. The show will contain arias, duets, ensembles and orchestral pieces from his most popular works, such as Rigoletto and La Traviata, presented by the entertaining, informative and inimitable Brendan Wheatley. Featuring a quintet of singers who have worked with the major opera houses in Britain, and an orchestra that regularly records for the BBC, this will be an unmissable feast for opera lovers in general, and for Verdi fans in particular. Read more about this event … or
The Barber of Seville
02 March 7:30 PM
Swansea City Opera, known for its sparkling performances of comic opera, brings Rossini’s ever-popular and most famous comic opera, The Barber of Seville, to Buxton. Set in Seville in the late 18th century, a young Spanish nobleman, Count Almaviva, is in love with the beautiful and rich Rosina, ward of the lecherous Doctor Bartolo, who plans his own marriage to her. Along comes the meddling Figaro, the town barber, and suddenly we have all the ingredients for confusion and mayhem … but will there be a happy ending?
Beautifully staged in English with charming traditional costume and performed by some of the finest singers and orchestral players in the country, The Barber of Seville makes for a rollicking evening’s entertainment, full of theatrical wit and humour . It’s a feast for the eyes and ears, and includes the famous arias Largo al factotum and Una voce poco fa. Read more about this event … or