| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 31-May-2013 Grange Park Opera, Northington | Bel canto pleasures: I Puritani at Grange Park |
 With programming in the major opera houses dominated by Verdi and Wagner, bel canto fans have had a slightly thin time of it this year (Covent Garden’s La donna del lago is an exception). But others are filling some of the gaps, with Rossini’s Maometto II coming up at Garsington and Stephen Langridge’s production of Bellini’s I Puritani, which opened at Grange Park last night. The opera is set during the English Civil War in Plymouth, Scotland (Bellini and his librettist Carlo Pepoli had a loose grasp on the geography of Britain).
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| 2-Jun-2012 Garsington Opera | Ottavio's Revenge: Don Giovanni at Garsington Opera |
, Mary Bevan (Zerlina),m Sophie Bevan (Elvira) credit Mike Hoban.jpg) A trip to the opera at Garsington in its new, idyllic setting at Wormsley Estate, Buckinghamshire, is a fine treat even in the rain. And with a Don Giovanni production which, despite plenty of oddities, is light-hearted and often witty, an excellent evening of high-class entertainment is guaranteed.
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