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Garden Opera is built on the principle that music theatre can speak as deeply to the uninitiated as to the experienced. Since 1994 the company has been taking simple, flexible productions of standard repertoire to a variety of venues, primarily gardens. The company aims to communicate directly and authentically with a wide-ranging audience and to promote social inclusion by concentrating on rural areas where there is little or no arts provision and inner city spaces such as school playgrounds, parks and church halls.
With young singers and classic works pared down to the essence, focusing on the human drama and accompanied by a chamber orchestra, the company provides a fresh approach aimed at seasoned opera-lovers and newcomers alike. Working in partnership with their hosts, who range from rural communities to private individuals, they mount performances which are also social events with long picnic intervals.
Educational activities include workshops and performances for children which involve them both in the production and in craft activities connected to themes from the operas. The company is currently extending its work to create and develop new material based on classical, folk and contemporary musical styles.
When you're in despair about the state of opera in this country it's nice
to be reminded that there's Another Way. None more than Peter Bridge's
Lorca-inspired gang of Garden Opera, who are taking this double-cast show to
around a fairly extraordinary 50 or so open-air venues . . .
Catch this show and remind yourself why you liked opera in the first
place. The Times, July 2003
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| Key staff | |
| Name | Title/Function |
| Peter Bridges | Director |
| Lucy de Castro | Manager |
