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Category Archive: Opera

Buxton opera wins national award

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For the first time in its 40-year history, Buxton International Festival has won the ‘Achievement Award in Opera’ […]

November 4, 2019 Awards, Music, Opera

Potted Pirates and Ruddigore Reduced

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Chesterfield Gilbert and Sullivan Society will present their 2019 show Potted Pirates and Ruddigore Reduced at Ashover Parish […]

September 25, 2019 Music, Opera

Notes on a Scandal

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Rising opera star Samantha Lyn Clarke’s first leading role was as a much-misunderstood saint. Now she’s following that […]

July 1, 2019 Festivals, Music, Opera

Festival takes to the road

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Stars more used to singing in the world’s leading opera houses will soon be performing in a village […]

March 1, 2019 Festivals, Music, Opera

Blue’s Duncan James to sing at Darley Park Concert

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Blue singer, West End performer and Hollyoaks actor Duncan James is performing at the Hannells Darley Park Concert […]

August 24, 2018 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera

G&S Festival returns to Buxton for week

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It was in July 1994 that the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival was established in the Buxton Opera […]

July 16, 2018 Music, Opera

Youth theatre stage G&S shows

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Founded in 2009 with the aim to produce quality Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in a concentrated rehearsal period, […]

July 13, 2018 Classical, Drama, Music, Opera

New chief executive for Buxton International Festival

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Michael Williams, who is currently managing director of Cape Town Opera, has been appointed as the new chief […]

March 7, 2018 Classical, Festivals, Music, Opera

Gilbert & Sullivan treat in store

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The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will be returning to Buxton from July 25-29 with a line-up […]

July 21, 2017 Music, Opera

Welsh speakers invited to opera

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There’s a welcome in the hillsides for Welsh speakers this summer… in England. Buxton International Festival is inviting […]

June 23, 2017 Music, Opera

Buxton International Festival

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The 2017 Buxton International Festival is an exciting blend of world-class opera, the finest musicians in the classical […]

May 27, 2017 Authors, Books, Classical, Festivals, Folk, Literature, Music, Opera, Poetry, talks

Darley Park Concert is back

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The Darley Park Concert will be taking place again this year thanks to a sponsorship deal between Derby City […]

May 6, 2017 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera, Rock/Pop

Win tickets to opera at Buxton Festival

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Here’s your chance to win a pair of tickets to the much-anticipated opera performances at this year’s Buxton […]

April 10, 2017 Classical, Festivals, Music, Opera

Your dog could star in opera

If your pet pooch is the canine equivalent of Brad Pitt or Scarlett Johansson, then they could win […]

February 27, 2017 Opera

Derby G&S Company on stage at Buxton

It was 50 years ago that the Spondon Musical Society decided to try their hand at a full […]

February 18, 2017 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals, Opera, Uncategorized

G&S Society celebrate 45th birthday

One of Chesterfield’s foremost musical societies, founded 45 years ago, will be returning to the Pomegranate Theatre to […]

September 21, 2016 Classical, Music, Opera

Choir looking for new members

Would-be singers are being invited to audition for Ignite UK – Derbyshire’s newest women’s chorus. The four-part harmony […]

September 13, 2016 Classical, Jazz, Music, Opera, Rock/Pop

Derwent Brass return to Derby Theatre

Following its highly acclaimed performances in the hit Derby Theatre production of Brassed Off last year, Derwent Brass returns to […]

May 29, 2016 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera, Rock/Pop

Tideswell Cinema celebrate tenth season

Ten years ago Tideswell Film Club was just starting out as a new venture in the village’s school […]

February 14, 2016 Dance, Drama, Film, Opera

Verdi’s La Traviata to be staged at Buxton

The renowned Russian State Ballet will perform Verdi’s La Traviata, one of the most popular operas of all time at […]

September 1, 2015 Drama, Music, Opera

Gilbert and Sullivan back at Buxton

It wouldn’t be summer in Buxton if there was no Gilbert and Sullivan production. And so after last […]

July 25, 2015 Drama, Music, Musicals, Opera

Win tickets to the opera

The 2015 Buxton Festival’s much anticipated opera performances include Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Purcell’s Dido […]

April 1, 2015 Classical, Music, News, Opera

Buxton Festival announces line-up

The internationally renowned and award-winning Buxton Festival featuring opera, music and books will take place from July 10 […]

February 28, 2015 Authors, Books, Classical, Festivals, Literature, Music, Opera, Poetry

Alexandra returns to Opera House

Swansea City Opera is returning to the Buxton Opera House, Buxton in a celebration of its tenth anniversary, with a […]

February 24, 2015 Opera

Glamour and glitz with the Mikado

Set in the zany flashy world of modern fashion houses with costumes inspired by Versace and Jean-Paul Gaultier, […]

August 4, 2014 Music, Opera, Uncategorized

Gillian woos Buxton opera audience

Kooky, quirky and charming is the description  soprano Gillian Keith gives to the opera in which she is […]

July 10, 2014 Opera

HMS Pinafore on stage at Buxton

Buxton Opera House is welcoming the award-winning Regan De Wynter Theatre Company from Australia, to perform their all-male […]

March 25, 2014 Musicals, Opera

QUAD to broadcast opera live from London

One of Britain’s most significant operas; Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, as performed by the English National Opera and broadcast […]

February 21, 2014 Opera
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