Welcome to Opera della Luna 2019 - our 25th Anniversary season!
Coming soon: full details of our 25th Anniversary year which begins with a new staging of our celebrated production of Orpheus in the Underworld, commissioned by the Buxton International Festival. The show will open in Salisbury in June before being presented three times during this year's Buxton Festival. We then plan to perform it at London's Bloomsbury Theatre. Full details and dates will be posted shortly as well as a complete programme for our Anniversary Year.
You might also 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 éclair 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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