A Summer Opera Evening at Great Ruffins

Sold out - however our capacity is dictated by our wet weather backup venue, the local church. Please sign up to the waiting list and if the weather looks set fair a couple of days before the performance, we will release more tickets and let you know. Thank you and please sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about next year's shows!

Wild Arts returns for a third year to the beautiful garden at Great Ruffins with our completely new show for 2024.

Our opera evening is a love story built around favourite opera arias, duets and ensembles, sung by the stars of tomorrow and played by a string quintet of top chamber musicians. Bring a picnic for afterwards and savour the summer evening in the peaceful grounds of architect A.H. Mackmurdo's quirkiest creation, located on Beacon Hill, between Wickham Bishops and Great Totham.

5pm Gardens open   

6pm Performance starts in the croquet lawn

7.30pm – 9pm Picnics 

9.30pm Carriages  

Wild Arts is a new company that brings world-class opera to beautiful places around the UK wildarts.org.uk.

Programme

Verdi Prelude and Opening Scene from La Traviata
Handel V’adoro, Pupille
Verdi Dal labbro il canto from Falstaff
Gershwin Slap that bass
Tchaikovsky Ya vas lyublu from the Queen of Spades
Gershwin Someone to watch over me
Lehàr Ich bin ein anständige Frau from The Merry Widow
Rossini Act I Finale stretto from L’italiana in Algeri
Lehrer Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
Rossini Ai capriccioso from L’italiana in Algeri
Mozart Deh Vieni from The Marriage of Figaro
Verdi Tace la notte from La Trovatore
Handel Scherzt infida from Ariodante
Lortzing Quartet from Undine
Rodgers & Hammerstein You’ll never walk alone from Carousel

Please book early. The performances in 2022 and 2023 sold out.

Lionel and Sham Bailly and the Wild Arts team (Orlando, Max and Aki)