Tag Archives: Garsington Opera

DSCH; Camerata RCO – review

“Dark is bright, dark is bright directed.” Who wouldn’t want to accept this line as their own? Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43, full of shadows, sleep, and dreams, bears a resemblance to his lines. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamhuman mystery speaks more powerfully than sweet fairy magic. When Benjamin Britten turned the play into an opera for the… Read More »

Number plate; Tosca review – a reality TV winner and shades of Callas

Garsington Opera has just opened a stunningly beautiful, light and spacious set of rehearsal studios set in the lush Buckinghamshire countryside on the sprawling Wormsley estate, the result of a £14 million appeal. The building deserves to win architectural awards for its sympathetic use of brick, flint, timber and tiles, and should attract other creators… Read More »