Our 2024 Programme
Drama, comedy and Tragedy
And 'Oborne Fringe' brings Blues, Folk, Comedy Youth Music and a night at the Silent Movies!
2024 Programme
Verdi's La Traviata
2 & 3 August 2024, 7.30pm
£40
One of the most iconic, romantic and tragic operas of all time.
Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, spin an intimate tale of devotion, social expectation, and illness, centered on just three characters— a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind to try and finally find true love. When she meets romantic, Alfredo, the hypocrisy of upper-class society threatens their love – and someone must pay the ultimate price.
Cox & Box
Saturday August 3 2023, 3pm
£20
A one-act comic opera with a libretto by F. C. Burnand and music by Arthur Sullivan. It was Sullivan’s first successful comic opera, written five years before Thespis, his first opera with W. S. Gilbert.
The story follows two men, Mr. Box and Mr. Cox, who unknowingly rent the same room from the same landlord. The two men work opposite shifts, with Box working during the day and Cox working at night. What could possibly go wrong?
Opera in the Park
Sunday August 4 2023, 3pm
£20 (children free)
Join us for the gala concert, fabulous singing in the open air. Bring your picnic to Oborne and enjoy a concert of arias and show tunes performed by Opera in Oborne’s brightest and best, accompanied by John Cuthbert on the piano. All washed down with a glass on Pimms – this has all the hallmarks of a splendid afternoon in the country.
Oborne Fringe
26-29 July 2024
Details are still being finalised, but events will include:
Blues from Mark Harrison, one of the most original and interesting artists currently operating in the UK.
The multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and musician Steve Knightley.
Caroline Kennedy's hilarious one woman show with comic music.
Sherborne Youth Band.
A Night at the Silent Movies, with John Cuthbert.
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