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Mansfield Park
An opera by Jonathan Dove | A libretto by Alasdair Middleton | After a novel by Jane Austen
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Our much-beloved production of Jonathan Dove's Mansfield Park will be embarking on an 11-date national tour this summer.
This period-perfect opera brings Jane Austen’s world to life with charming wit and stunning music. Directed by Rebecca Meltzer (Hansel and Gretel, Ariel), this production has received widespread critical-acclaim and sold out runs at Waterperry in 2018 and 2019. Accompanied on the piano, 10 singers perform as an ensemble of loveable characters pulling at our heartstrings and making us laugh-out-loud. This intimate production brings audiences right into the centre of the action. Perfect for Austen and music lovers alike, be prepared to be whisked away. |
National Tour Dates |
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MAY
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1st - Sherborne Abbey Festival
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11th - Newbury Spring Festival
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JULY
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AUGUST
Waterperry Opera Festival |
Ticket Prices |
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Full Price
Full Price / £45 |
Concessions
Blue Light Card Holders, and Benefits Support (NHS, DLA, UC, JSA) / £30* Under 30 / £25 Under 16 / £15 |
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Seating is unreserved, if you would like to reserve access seating please contact info@waterperryoperafestival.co.uk
This production is an imtimate atmostphere, audience members will have a good view. *In 2022 we are offering discounted tickets to Blue Light Card holders and those in receipt of Benefits Support (Disability Living Allowance, Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance). |
Creative Team |
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Director
Rebecca Meltzer Musical Director Bradley Wood |
Head of Music
Ashely Beauchamp Staff Director Eleanor Burke |
Répétiteur
George Ireland |
Cast |
FANNY PRICE
Siân Griffths |
EDMUND BERTRAM
Milo Harries |
MARIA BERTRAM
Ellie Neate |
JULIA BERTRAM
Sarah Anne Champion |
LADY BERTRAM
Emily Gray |
SIR THOMAS
Phil Wilcox |
HENRY CRAWFORD
Robin Bailey |
MARY CRAWFORD
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash |
MR RUSHWORTH
Lawrence Thackeray |
AUNT NORRIS
Eleanor Garside |
★★★★★ | 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."
"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."
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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." |
