Wild Arts Opera Evening at Forde Abbey 28 July

Wild Arts Opera Evening is at Forde Abbey on Friday 28 July 2023.

An open air performance with an evening featuring some of the greatest stories of all time, with dramatic intrigue, jealousy, comedy, idealism, and pure love. Follow the characters’ journeys and experience some of the most touching arias and moments of musical history.

75 minutes of magic – arias, songs and ensembles, informally staged to make a narrative, performed by four world-class singers and a string quintet. Music by Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Bernstein and Rodgers & Hammerstein, with some surprises and unusual gems.

Programme:

Nicolai Overture from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Handel  Lo, here my love from Acis & Galatea
Kurt Weill One life to live from Lady in the Dark
Mozart Porgi Amor from Figaro
Tchaikovsky  Lensky’s declaration of love from Engene Onegin
Rossini All’Idea di quel Metallo from The Barber of Seville
Bellini  Se Romeo t’uccise from I Capuleti e Montecchi
Rossini  Finale Act I stretto Zitto Zitto from Cenerentola

Rodgers & Hammerstein The Surrey with the Fringe on Top from Oklahoma
Monteverdi  Pur ti miro from l’Incoronatione di Poppea
Mozart Trio Susanna or via sortite from Figaro
Puccini  O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Verdi Quartet Sire! from Con Carlo
Tchaikovsky  Final scene from Eugene Onegin
Bernstein Somewhere from West Side Story

For more information and to book tickets please visit

Buy my tickets – Summer opera on the lawn at Forde Abbey