Announcing our 2025 festival

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 programme:

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE

Conductor: Anthony Negus

AVNER DORMAN

WAHNFRIED

Conductor: Justin Brown

UK Premiere

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

HENRY PURCELL

DIDO AND AENEAS

with Longborough’s Emerging Artists and Youth Chorus

In summer 2025 our music director Anthony Negus conducts a new production of Debussy’s post-Wagnerian masterpiece Pelléas et Mélisande. We welcome Justin Brown (Die tote Stadt, 2022) to conduct the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s 21st century opera Wahnfried, a dramatic saga telling the remarkable story of the Wagner family, the Bayreuth festival and how Richard Wagner's music became politicised in 20th century Germany. Also in 2025, you can look forward to a new production of Rossini’s much-loved comedy Il barbiere di Siviglia; and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, featuring our wonderful Emerging Artists and the Longborough Youth Chorus.

Look out for performance dates for 2025 and other exciting news in the coming months. Join the mailing list to stay up to date with our latest news.