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Welcome to Longborough Festival Opera, presenting high-quality opera in the Cotswolds. Our 2009 season will includ new productions of The Marriage of Figaro and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a fresh staging of our production of Carmen and a Young Artists Production of La Boheme. After the popularity of our Midsummer Concert in 2008, there will be two fund-raising concerts - a German Romantic Evening, conducted by Anthony Negus, including works by Wagner, Beethoven and Mozart, and an Italian Serenade, conducted by Gianluca Marciano, with works by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. 

At Longborough, we have a fully-fledged opera house seating 480, complete with an orchestra pit accommodating up to 65 players. It is built in the grounds of our house on the edge of the Cotswold village of Longborough with views across the Evenlode Valley, and has been included in the latest Pevsner guide to buildings in England.

Evening performances usually start at 6.30pm and have a 90 minute interval for picnicking in the grounds or dining in the popular LFO restaurant. In 2009 There will be some Sunday afternoon performances, starting at 3.00 p.m.  There are also facilities for private dining and corporate entertaining.

We look forward to welcoming you to Longborough in 2009.

Longborough Festival Opera

“Longborough Opera is growing up .... with slicker productions ... that don’t compromise the laid-back charm of this Cotswolds corner”
                                                   Neil Fisher - The Times

Longborough Festival Opera is a registered charity providing high-quality operatic performances to audiences from the Cotswolds and beyond. It does not receive any public grants and relies on personal and corporate sponsorship for its survival.

Registered Charity No: 1087303