Wild Arts is delighted to perform for the first time in the magnificent Great Hall at Hall Estate, in the heart of North Devon on a south facing slope with splendid views overlooking the River Taw and surrounded by about 3,000 acres of land.

ROH standard, choices excellent, the quality terrific and the staging exactly right. Libby Purvis, The Times on our Opera Evening

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. 

Spectacular doesn’t even begin to do it justice! Wow. ★★★★★ Review of our Opera Evening 2024

Arrive from 5pm to set up your picnic and open the bubbly.

6pm Performance starts in the Great Hall 

6.45pm – 8pm Picnic in the beautiful grounds

8pm Act II

9pm Carriages  

The musicians were all superb. With perfect balance and tone they really brought the works alive. Clean and precise, every detail of the composers intentions was revealed anew; like having an intimate snapshot of their original sketches fleshed out.

We look forward to welcoming you to a beautiful evening of opera. Please book early as tickets will be strictly limited. 

Mikie and Clare Campbell-Lamerton and the Wild Arts team Max, Becca and the performers

What a triumph! The audience were truly enraptured from start to finish. Lindy O’Hare, Thorington Theatre

Hall 

​Hall Estate is located in the heart of North Devon in Bishop's Tawton, 4 miles south east of Barnstaple on a south facing slope with splendid views overlooking the River Taw and surrounded by about 3,000 acres of land.
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The present Grade II listed neo-Jacobean house was built between 1844 and 1847 for Robert Chichester by Philip C.Hardwick. Hall offers a series of grand reception and family rooms with an imposing staircase hall which forms the centre of the house. At the far end of the building lies a grand Gothic Hall with oak tie-beam roof , stencilled windows, stained glass and a minstrels' gallery. Outside there are various estate buildings including a medieval barn and a 17th century stable block.

Music from

Bernstein - Candide; West Side Story
Britten - Billy Budd
Donizetti - Don Pasquale; L'Elisir d'Amore
Handel - Semele
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
Porter - Kiss me Kate
Puccini - La Bohème
Verdi - Falstaff
Rodgers and Hammerstein - Carousel
Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia
Verdi - Rigoletto

An unalloyed delight to hear such musical perfection in one short show. And the string quintet presentation was so brilliant I now want to hear all my favourite operas performed that way.

The performance is part of our summer programme which includes Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Donizetti's The Elixir of Love.