Don Giovanni Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 9LH Matinee: 21 July at 14:00 Sung in Italian, with English surtitles.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CURRENTLY PRIORITY BOOKING FRIENDS OF DORSET OPERA and PATRONS all circles Coade Theatre, Bryanston 19, 22, 24 July at 19:00 Cast and creatives

BOX OFFICE Così fan tutte Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 9LH Matinee: 24 July at 14:00 Sung in Italian, with English surtitles.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CURRENTLY PRIORITY BOOKING FRIENDS OF DORSET OPERA and PATRONS all circles Coade Theatre, Bryanston 20, 21 July at 19:00 Cast and creatives

BOX OFFICE Acis & Galatea Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 9LH K566 - Semi-staged performance Sung in English, with surtitles.
George Frideric Händel | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CURRENTLY PRIORITY BOOKING FRIENDS OF DORSET OPERA and PATRONS all circles Coade Theatre, Bryanston 23 July at 19:00 Cast and creatives

BOX OFFICE (Winter Journey) Blandford Forum, Dorset Recital Sung in German
Franz Schubert CURRENTLY PRIORITY BOOKING FRIENDS OF DORSET OPERA and PATRONS all circles Elder Concert Hall, Bryanston Dorset DT11 9LH 22nd July at 16:00 Read more Winterreise

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Press Reviews

  • ...in all respects, worthy of an international opera house...

    Michael Tanner The Spectator

  • ...led by two casts of singers that Opera North or WNO might envy...

    Rupert Christiansen The Telegraph

  • ...as good as any of their country-house rivals...

    Michael Tanner The Spectator

  • …a perfect union of high professionalism and community effort

    Fiona Maddocks The Observer

  • Nothing short of phenomenal

    Opera Magazine

  • Spectacular and magnificent

    Independent on Sunday

  • Provincial opera to national standards

    Opera Now

  • Dorset's orchestra was stupendous

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