Welcome to Opera della Luna - our 25th Anniversary season!
CORONAVIRUS: In accordance with government advice and in common with all other theatre companies, Opera della Luna has suspended all performances till further notice. Please consult our website again for further information in due course.
With many regrets we have to announce that our forthcoming performances of The Burglar's Opera at Stowe, and at Wilton's Music Hall will not be going ahead in August and September.
If you have booked for Wilton's you have the option to obtain a refund, donate, or put your ticket on hold till we announce a replacement date for the show. For more details of these options visit the Wilton's Music Hall site at www.wiltons.org.uk
Wilton's are very keen to re-schedule the show in the Spring of 2021, as are we. There has been great interest in the show and everyone is very keen to see it on stage again. We are now working enthusiastically towards performances in 2021, and have pencilled a date with Wilton's. However, we have decided to delay announcing this date until the government's policy on re-opening theatres and concert halls is clearer.
Last Friday (June 26th) at 10.30pm culture secretary Oliver Dowden released a statement outlining a five-stage road map for re-opening theatres. Whilst this appeared to give some evidence that the government had at least considered the issue, it gave no indication of a time scale whatsoever, nor did it clarify what criteria would have to be met before the government were happy to move to the next stage.
We at Opera della Luna, like many other performing arts organisations, are dismayed by the lack of any clear guidance from the government, whose unsatisfactory statements have done nothing to support future planning.
You might like to read Rupert Christiansen's recent words in The Daily Telegraph:
"Heavy-handed direction and terrible nudge-nudge wink-wink translations have over the past decade scuppered Johann Strauss's Viennese whirl Die Fledermaus at ENO, and Lehar's Parisian èclair The Merry Widow at WNO, both of which sank like lead for want of zest and wit.
Yet tiny, under-funded groups such as Opera della Luna have been making admirable efforts to keep the old repertory alive.
All it needs now is some official investment and encouragement. Arts Council England has historically been snooty about supporting operetta - possibly on the ideological grounds that it largely appeals to middleclass audiences - but a little more help to adventurous companies such as Opera della Luna would encourage more imaginative exploration of this delightful repertory and add a sprinkle of glitter to the gaiety of the nation."
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