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Karen Gillingham

Director, Facilitator

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Dare to Dream, Royal Albert Hall

Dare to Dream, Directed by Karen Gillingham, Composed by Hannah Conway Libretto by Lucinda Jarrett and Chris Rawlence. This project was a partnership between Buckinghamshire Music Trust, Garsington Opera and Rosetta Life.

Water in the Desert: A Zayed Legacy

under the direction of Karen Gillingham. Water in the Desert: A Zayed Legacy, was an opera that embraces music, drama, movement, design, and film

Karen Gillingham

Recent work

Prom 66, Royal Albert Hall

September 8, 2019

A Fool’s Paradise and The Happy Princess

August 3, 2019
Karen Gillingham

Karen Gillingham is a freelance opera director, facilitator and creative director of Garsington Opera Learning & Participation. More about Karen… or view all productions.

Karen Gillingham’s staging, with the choirs whirling through the auditorium, is strikingly effective

The Guardian, A Trip to the Moon
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Forthcoming

  • Weather the Storm November 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 Wellbeing project and performance Nov to Dec 2019 at High Wycombe Hospital Stroke Unit. Garsington Opera in collaboration with Rosetta Life.
  • Rundfunkchor Berlin, festival of choral cultures May 1, 2020 Berlin, Germany Rundfunkchor Berlin, festival of choral cultures. 1st May 2020 https://www.rundfunkchor-berlin.de/en/project/ode-to-joy/
  • The Selfish Giant July 31, 2020 Garsington Opera, Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, UK With Opera North, a new opera to be performed by our Garsington Youth Opera Company on Friday 31 July 2020.

Links

  • Prom 66, Royal Albert Hall
  • A Fool’s Paradise and The Happy Princess
  • Dare to Dream, Royal Albert Hall
  • A Tale of Two Dragons, BBC Singers
  • Bat out of Hackney
  • Water in the Desert: A Zayed Legacy
  • The Freedom Game
  • A Trip to the Moon
  • Silver Birch: A People’s Opera
  • Hospital Passion Play
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