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Mansfield Park (Dove)

An opera by Jonathan Dove | A libretto by Alasdair Middleton

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is an chamber opera by Jonathan Dove, with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton after a novel by Jane Austen. It was created specifically to be performed in regency ballrooms and heritage spaces. Our semi-immersive production was developed for our inaugural season in 2018, and was revived in 2019, receiving 5-star reviews and completely sold-out audiences. The production was directed by Rebecca Meltzer with Music Director Ashley Beauchamp.

We are in the process of developing a national tour and are looking for interested venues and festival to join.

★★★★★ | Bachtrack 
"Mansfield Park sparkled with wit and ingenuity from start to finish. As intimate opera experiences go, Waterperry Opera Festival's fresh, joy-fuelled Mansfield Park sets a new benchmark of quality, vibrancy and sheer fun. ​Starting at this level, the bar is set remarkably high for next year's festival."

Opera Magazine
"Mansfield Park...was a total joy, by turns laugh-out-loud funny and shed-a-tear sad. The packed audience at the first performance give it a well-deserved standing ovation."
Oxford Daily Info
"Rebecca Meltzer’s sparkling production of Dove’s chamber opera Mansfield Park ran the gamut of every emotion: ​it moved the audience to tears during the rhapsodic standing ovation, and its two acts were an unbroken joy."

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  • Home
  • What's On
    • 2021 Festival >
      • The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
      • Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck)
      • Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
      • Quartet for The End of Time (Messiaen)
      • Ariel (Jonathan Dove)
      • Clairières dans le ciel & On Wenlock Edge (Oxford Lieder)
      • Young Artist Events
    • Past Festivals >
      • 2020 Mini-Festival Artistic and Online
      • 2019 Festival
      • 2018 Festival
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Festival Team
    • Young Artist Programme
    • Opportunities
  • Support Us
  • Contact
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