Longborough Festival Opera: the first 30 years

Longborough Festival Opera: the first 30 years is a new book that tells the story of opera at Longborough, written by Richard Bratby.

When Martin and Lizzie Graham first began hosting opera evenings in their garden, neither they nor anyone else could have imagined what Longborough Festival Opera has become today: an internationally recognised opera company that punches far above its weight. 

You might remember early days sitting on bales of hay, or perhaps you’ve discovered Longborough more recently: but everyone who attends an LFO performance makes their own memories of Britain’s most magical – and ambitious – summer opera festival. 

Full of anecdotes, recollections and photographs, from the early days in a stable yard to the triumphant staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle in a purpose-built theatre, this book celebrates Martin and Lizzie’s remarkable achievement: how a dream became bricks, mortar and sublime music on a Cotswold hillside.

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