2025 Winter Programme

12 - 20 December 2025

Priority Booking for Members for our Winter Season at the Holywell Music Room opens at 9am on Thursday 11 September. General Booking opens at 9am on Thursday 18 September.

Tickets for the 20 December performance of Messiah at St. Marylebone Parish Church are available now, directly via their website.

  • Don Giovanni

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    9, 10, 13, 15, 16 August 2025

    Insatiable desire. Intense drama. Outrageous comedy. 

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  • Semele

    George Frideric Handel

    8, 12, 14 August 2025

    Love, ambition, and divine retribution collide.

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  • A World Turned Upside Down - The Diary of Anne Frank

    Juliana Hall

    13, 15, 16, 17 August 2025

    Anne Frank’s story: hope shines through darkness.

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  • Winnie-the-Pooh’s Songbook

    Harold Fraser-Simson

    9, 10, 16, 17 August 2025

    Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood await! 

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  • Last Night at the Opera

    17 August 2025

    An unforgettable finale of opera’s greatest hits.

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  • Serenades: Gran Partita

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    9, 10, 16 August 2025

    Afternoon delights with Mozart’s timeless serenade.

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  • Young Artist Gala

    12, 14 August 2025

    Rising stars shine bright in opera’s future.

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  • Come and Sing

    9, 10 August 2025

    Discover your voice in the Waterperry Ballroom.

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  • The Hundred Acre Craft Workshop

    9, 10, 16, 17 August 2025

    Craft magical moments with Winnie-the-Pooh.

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  • Founded in 2017, Waterperry Opera Festival aims to make opera accessible and enriching for all. Set in the scenic Waterperry House and Gardens, Oxfordshire, we offer high-quality, socially relevant performances by a diverse company of emerging talent, supporting young artists and creatives each year.

  • Our inaugural Summer Festival launched in 2018, with a 3-day season of opera for 1,000 attendees. Since then, over the past 7 years, we have produced 39 productions for over 22,000 attendees and have established a 10-day Summer Festival in August. Our audiences continue to grow every year as we punch above our weight to produce five-star productions.

  • Community is central to Waterperry Opera Festival, uniting over 100 artists, crew, and volunteers annually. Generous supporters sharing our vision make it possible to empower some of the best emerging talent and bring high-quality opera to a broader audience.

‘Hear some of the great singers of the future before everyone else’

The Telegraph, 2022

‘It’s more like Glastonbury than Glyndebourne : the festival bringing opera to a new generation’

The Telegraph, 2023

‘An emphasis on young talent, with internships and training, gives the event an atmosphere of infectious, can-do energy.’

The Observer, 2024

‘A terrific introduction to opera…staged for all to enjoy’

Daily Info, 2025