A visually striking and atmospheric production of Britten’s retelling of Shakespeare’s tale is a co-produced with Santa Fe Opera and will include members of our Youth Company as the children’s chorus.
A Trip to the Moon
Georges Méliès’ seminal 1902 silent film is the inspiration for the 2024 Community Opera. Garsington Opera is proud to open our stage to the inter-generational voices of our communities, working shoulder-to-shoulder with professional singers and creative teams. Do you speak Moonish? Neither do the astronomers who have managed to crash-land their rocket on the moon… Read More
Dalia
A new “People’s Opera”, co-created and performed by 180 amateur & professional participants, about a refugee Syrian girl who triumphs over adversity to follow her dream: a story which champions diversity through music to highlight what makes us all human. Dalia, a new opera by composer Roxanna Panufnik, librettist Jessica Duchen and director Karen Gillingham,… Read More
Planet Food Project, The Grange Festival
Karen Gillingham, Director The Grange, in collaboration with WWF and focusing on food sustainability, examined how we produce, eat and often waste our food. Essential to our everyday life, do we consider the effect that our food consumption has on our planet? We were shocked to learn over a third of our food is wasted.… Read More
Monday Motivation, Garsington Opera
Karen Gillingham, Presenter & Co-Creater17 episodes of digital workshops performed on YouTube. Each episode is themed around a different opera and includes a physical warm-up, singing and dancing. Karen Gillingham and team are joined by a special guest musician who performs live. View the workshop videos.
GO CREATE: The Opera Imaginarium, Garsington Opera
Karen Gillingham, Presenter & Co-Creater/director GO Create; the opera imaginarium, is a new digital resource created to engage young people with opera in an inspiring, accessible and fun way. Aimed at ages 11-16, GO Create opens the doors to singing, design, composing, lighting, and all the cogs that keep the world of opera turning. GO… Read More
The Selfish Giant, Garsington Opera
Directed by Karen Gillingham, this new production featured young professional singers performing alongside 90 members of our Youth Company aged 9-25. Tells the tale of one giant, his garden and an equal share of paradise. In 2021 the Garsington Opera Youth Company takes to the stage once more, with a world premiere of The Selfish… Read More
Prom 66, Royal Albert Hall
Under the direction of Karen Gillingham, The Proms audience immersed in the sound of eight choirs – totalling more than 600 singers – placed around the auditorium. Read More
A Fool’s Paradise and The Happy Princess
Garsington Opera’s Youth Company performed in the world premiere of The Happy Princess, a new commission written specially for the Company by composer Paul Fincham, with a libretto by Jessica Duchen Read More
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. Read More