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Bold new versions of classic operas. Rarely-seen and long-forgotten works. Brand new pieces from the most exciting up-and-coming composers, musicians and companies. Whether it’s your first or your latest opera experience, you’ll be right at home at Grimeborn 2018.

2018 programme   |   Calendar   |   Archive

24 July
– 4 August
The Rape of Lucretia
Rising star Julia Burbach returns to Grimeborn to direct a daring new staging of Benjamin Britten's masterwork.
26 July
Recitals
Soprano Milly Forrest and pianist Alastair Chilvers present new spins on the repertoire’s most loved and well-known pieces.
29 July
Swing, Sister, Swing
A cabaret-inspired show celebrating female choreographers, kick ass musicians and pieces created and inspired by jazz-greats.
30 July
– 1 August
The Boatswain’s Mate
A rare revival of the 1914 opera by Suffragette composer Ethel Smyth, a hundred years since women were first given the right to vote.
1 August
Opera Mouse
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! The international sensation for 2 to 9 year-olds is back for another year.
1 August
Jazz Cat
Most cats hiss and meow and purr like that, but Ella Cat… can only scat! Little ones are invited to come and sing along to help Ella find her voice.
2 August
Teenage Bodies
Thoughts on the teenager’s body based on Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri. A cycle of cantates for five voices featuring live music and movement.
3 August
– 5 August
Rita & L’Heure Espagnole
Opera Alegría return to Grimeborn with a double bill centred on strong female characters.
4 August
– 12 August
A Fantastic Bohemian
An immersive opera experience, performed across three spaces. A new English-language production inspired by Offenbach‘s ‘opéra fantastique’, set in Mexico City during the Golden Cinema Age.
7 August
– 10 August
The Prometheus Revolution
Star-crossed lovers, rebellion and revolution against the backdrop of a corrupt political class. This dark parable is laced with the sounds of vaudeville, Broadway musicals and pop ballads.
8 August
– 18 August
Greek
Jonathan Moore directs the 30th anniversary production of his and Mark-Anthony Turnage's groundbreaking opera.
9 August
– 11 August
Lucia di Lammermoor
What happens when your love destroys you? Ghosts of the past make a frightful and unwelcome return in Donizetti's re-imagining of the tragic tale by Walter Scott.
13 August
– 14 August
Onegin and Tatiana
An exciting new show which explores the psychology and inner dramas of Pushkin‘s immortal characters featuring an award-winning cast.
16 August
– 19 August
Mosaic
An exciting programme to platform and celebrate Black & Asian opera makers in the UK.
20 August
– 22 August
Elephant Steps
The European premiere and 50th anniversary production of the occult, surrealist rock-opera extravaganza.
22 August
– 25 August
Carmen The Gypsy
Set in the contemporary British traveller community, this poetic drama weaves a tale of forbidden love and cage fighting with original Gypsy folk songs. This is Carmen’s story, and she wants to break free.
24 August
– 26 August
Xerse
Eleven singers, baroque violins, cello, lute and harpsichord… A dramatic and comedic revial of a masterpiece from the Baroque repertoire.

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