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Glyndebourne festival in 2023

JAMES BELLORINI
Who’s playing? Danielle de Niese, Stuart Skelton, Aigul Akhmetshina, Louise Alder
What is it? The slickest and longest of the “country house” opera festivals, presided over by

Gus Christie — the third Christie to run the place from a house next door to the theatre — with a

little help from his wife, the charismatic soprano Danielle de Niese, a regular fixture on the bill.

This year she stars in a new production of The Merry Widow, there’s a new Carmen and Robin

Ticciati conducts Tristan und Isolde with the powerhouse Australian tenor Stuart Skelton.
When? May 16-Aug 25 (glyndebourne.com), £25-£295

Where? Lewes, East Sussex

Garsington Opera

Who’s playing? Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Christine Rice, Douglas Boyd

What is it? The Buckinghamshire estate of Mark Getty (yes, those Gettys) hosts operas in an

award-winning theatre through which you watch the sun slowly set over the trees (if the opera is

dull, though it won’t be). Rameau, Britten and Verdi’s second opera Un giorno di regno are on
the bill.

When? May 29-July 31 (garsington.org), £175-280 (public booking opens April 2)

Where? Wormsley Estate, Buckinghamshire