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.

Pavilion of Garsington Opera as audience members are leaving.
Woman in long red dress with a red flower in her hair, posing as if dancing and holding a cocktail glass in her hand. The worlds 'La Traviata' are designed onto the image.
Opera

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
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The back of a woman in ballgown attire and hat, with the words 'Der Rosenkavalier' designed onto the image
Opera

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
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A main crouching with his feet in an open brown bag. He iswearing a white shirt, brown trousers, brown waistcoat, black bow tie and brown hat. He is holding a cup and saucer, and the words 'The Importance of Being Earnest' are designed onto the image
Opera

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
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