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SUMMARY:Bluffers' Lunch No.89 - Drunkards & Drinking in Opera
DESCRIPTION:Dorset Opera Festival Chairman\, Garry Batt\, kicks off the new Bluffers Lunch season with a spirited romp through drinking and drunkards in opera. \nAfter a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips in Slepe Green Barn\, we head to the house for a hot 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Back to the barn for Q&As and a lively discussion over coffee. \nGET TICKETS \nMAP OF THE VENUE
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/bluffers-lunch-89-drunkards-and-drinking-in-opera/
LOCATION:Slepe Green\, Slepe Farm Lane\, Dorchester Road\, Poole\, BH16 6HS
CATEGORIES:Bluffers' Lunch Lecture
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SUMMARY:Bluffers' Lunch No.90 - The Life and Loves of Hector Berlioz
DESCRIPTION:At this Bluffers’ Lunch\, Adrian Thorpe explores the life and works of Hector Berlioz\, one of France’s most fêted composers\, who lived as dramatically as any of his characters. Adrian will touch on epics such as Les Troyens\, Benvenuto Cellini and the darkly splendid Damnation de Faust\, interspersed with love stories\, artistic battles\, and his extraordinary obsession with the actress Harriet Smithson. \nAfter a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips in Slepe Green Barn\, we head to the house for a hot 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Back to the barn for Q&As and a lively discussion with Adrian and Dorset Opera Festival artistic director\, Rod Kennedy\, over coffee. \nGET TICKETS \nMAP OF THE VENUE
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/no-90-the-life-and-loves-of-hector-berlioz/
LOCATION:Slepe Green\, Slepe Farm Lane\, Dorchester Road\, Poole\, BH16 6HS
CATEGORIES:Bluffers' Lunch Lecture
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SUMMARY:Patrons' Christmas Party
DESCRIPTION:Dorset Opera Patrons are warmly invited to beautiful Stepleton\, home of board member Lucinda Coombs and her husband Jack\, for a Christmas Party at which we’ll celebrate the past opera season and look forward to the next. Patrons in the Conductor’s Circle and above. By invitation. For more information about becoming one of our highly valued Patrons\, read more here
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/christmas-reception-for-patrons-of-dorset-opera/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Exclusively for Patrons
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SUMMARY:Bluffers' Lunch No.92 | Och Aye the Nessun Dorma
DESCRIPTION:For this Bluffers Lunch lecture\, Seymour Adams descends once more from the surtitles box to explore how Scottish culture\, history and landscape have influenced opera composers and librettists\, and what that may say about them\, and about the Scots. \nAfter a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips in Slepe Green Barn\, we head to the house for a hot 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Back to the barn for Q&As and a lively discussion with Seymour and Dorset Opera Festival artistic director\, Rod Kennedy\, over coffee. \nGET TICKETS \nMAP OF THE VENUE
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/bluffers-lunch-no-92-seymour-adams/
LOCATION:Slepe Green\, Slepe Farm Lane\, Dorchester Road\, Poole\, BH16 6HS
CATEGORIES:Bluffers' Lunch Lecture
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SUMMARY:Bluffers' Lunch No.93 | This Life in Music
DESCRIPTION:Brian Kay\, broadcaster\, conductor and singer\, talks about this life in music. Well known as the bass in The King’s Singers during their formative years\, Brian is a noted choral conductor and principal conductor of The Really Big Chorus. His many radio presentations have included Friday Night is Music Night for Radio 2\, Brian Kay’s Sunday Morning for Radio 3 and Music in Mind for Radio 4. For fifteen years he presented the much-loved Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Day concert on radio and television. In 1996 he won the gold Sony Radio Award as Music Presenter of the Year. He has been the lowest frog on a Paul McCartney single\, one of the six wives to Harry Secombe’s Henry VIII and a member of the backing group for Pink Floyd! \nAfter a 75-minute chat with audio-visual clips\, we’ll enjoy a 2-course lunch with a glass of wine before Q&As and lively discussion over coffee. \nGET TICKETS \nMAP OF THE VENUE
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/opera-bluffers-lunch-no-93-this-life-in-music/
LOCATION:Slepe Green\, Slepe Farm Lane\, Dorchester Road\, Poole\, BH16 6HS
CATEGORIES:Bluffers' Lunch Lecture
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SUMMARY:Bluffers' Lunch No.94 - Julian Guest
DESCRIPTION:Julian Guest returns to the Bluffers Lunch podium. \nAfter a 75-minute lecture illustrated with audio-visual clips on the cinema screen in Slepe Green Barn\, we head over into the house for a delicious 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Vegetarian\, GF etc. catered for on request. Back to the barn for a Q&A session and lively discussion with Julian over coffee. \nGET TICKETS \nMAP OF THE VENUE
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/bluffers-lunch-no-94-julian-guest/
LOCATION:Slepe Green\, Slepe Farm Lane\, Dorchester Road\, Poole\, BH16 6HS
CATEGORIES:Bluffers' Lunch Lecture
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SUMMARY:Dorset Opera Festival 2027
DESCRIPTION:The Dorset Opera Festival returns to Bryanston from 20–24 July 2027 for a glorious week of fully staged opera in the heart of Dorset. \nFestival performances in the Coade Theatre —the home of Dorset Opera— bringing together internationally acclaimed soloists\, outstanding professional production teams\, our full orchestra and the Festival’s celebrated Opera Summer School chorus. In just a few extraordinary weeks\, these forces combine to create opera on a scale and to a standard more often associated with the world’s major houses. \nA visit to Dorset Opera is about much more than the performance. Audiences can arrive early to enjoy the full country-house opera experience: champagne and drinks from the Festival bar\, picnicking on Bryanston’s lawns and the anticipation of the evening ahead among fellow opera lovers. Pre-ordered picnics make entertaining easy\, while selected performances offer the opportunity for formal dining inside magnificent Bryanston House. \nWhether you dress for the occasion or favour something more relaxed\, the atmosphere is famously warm\, welcoming and unpretentious. Come for magnificent voices\, a full orchestra\, thrilling choruses and the excitement of live theatre; stay for the picnics\, champagne\, summer-evening conviviality and the unmistakable sense of occasion. \nAcross the week\, each opera is presented in a choice of evening and matinee performances. Individual performance details and booking links will appear separately in the diary. \nPriority booking for Patrons Dates through February 2027 (according to your level of support)\nPriority booking for Friends of Dorset Opera from March TBC\nPublic booking from date TBC\nGET PRIORITY BOOKING 2027
URL:https://www.dorsetopera.com/event/dorset-opera-festival-2027/
LOCATION:Bryanston\, Blandford Forum\, Dorset\, DT11 0PS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Festival 2027
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