Garsington Opera 2026
The Philharmonia spends its summers on the glorious grounds of the Wormsley Estate at Garsington Opera. In the 2026 season, we’re part of three operas – whether you love a romantic tragedy, a classic comedy, or you’re looking to try something new, there are few better places to spend a sunny summer’s day.
Garsington Opera: La traviata
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor (24 June & 9 July)
Louisa Muller – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Violetta Valéry – Madison Leonard
Alfredo Germont – Oleksiy Palchykov
Giorgio Germont – Roland Wood
Gastone de Letorières – Sam Harris
Barond Douphol – Chuma Sijeqa
Doctor Grenvil – Henry Waddington, Thomas D. Hopkinson (24 June, 9, 11, 20 July)
Annina – Mathilda Bryngelsson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandria Moon
Marchese d’Obigny – Sam Young
Giuseppe – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke
Messenger – Peter Lidbetter
Flora’s servant – Sisa Mjekula
- Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
Finnegan Downie Dear – conductor
Bruno Ravella – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Garsington Opera Children’s Chorus
The Marschallin – Matilda Sterby
Baron Ochs – Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Martin Winkler 25, 27 & 29 June)
Octavian – Niamh O’Sullivan
Sophie von Faninal – Soraya Mafi
Herr von Faninal – Ben McAteer
Marianne Leitmetzerin – Gweneth Ann Rand
Valzacchi – Robert Murray
Annina – Siân Griffiths
An Italian tenor – Egor Zhuravskii
A commissar of police – Simon Wilding
The Marschallin’s major-domo – SangEup Son
Three noble daughters – Ana-Carmen Balestra, Llinos Haf Jones, Clover Kayne
A milliner – Ceferina Penny
An animal seller – Rhys Meilyr
Faninal’s major-domo – Alfred Mitchell
An innkeeper – Tomos Owen Jones
Boots – Seán Purtnell
Leopold – Samuel Collins-Webb
Cupid – Kamari-J’siah Robinson
Lackeys – Stephen Walker, Joe Matt Murphy, Benedict Munden, Ambrose Connolly
Waiters – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke, Rhys Meilyr, Sam Youg, Joshua McCullough
- Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
Garsington Opera: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Jack Furness – director
John Worthing – Zahid Siddiqui
Algernon Moncrieff – Seán Boylan
Cecily Cardew – Jennifer France
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax – Holly Brown
Miss Prism – Susan Bickley
Lady Bracknell – Henry Waddington
Lane/Merriman – Peter Lidbetter
- Barry The Importance of Being Earnest