Eugene Onegin at Layer Marney Tower, 17 June
Part of the Fourth Wild Arts Summer Opera Festival at Layer Marney Tower. See all the Festival performances.
For the fourth Opera Festival at Layer Marney Tower, Wild Arts presents a fully staged new production of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, in period costume directed by Dominic Dromgoole, former Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe.
Performed in the round in the Opera Barn, sung in English by a cast of 10 exceptional singers, with Tchaikovsky's wonderful score played by a chamber orchestra of fine chamber musicians.
Conductor Orlando Jopling | Director Dominic Dromgoole
★★★★★ An utter delight.
Opera Now on our Elixir of Love 2023
You are welcome to arrive from 5pm to picnic in the gardens. The performance will start at 7pm with a 30-minute interval, finishing at approximately 9.30pm.
You will be able to pre-order picnics with your tickets, and there will be a bar for pre-concert and interval drinks, which you can pre-order.
Row A £55 ( fewer than ten remaining)
Rows B & E £45
Rows G & J £35 (fewer than ten remaining)
Rows C & D £25
Rows F, H & K £25
Restricted View £20
Rows A - D are the stalls. Rows E - K are on banked seating. Some seats will have an option for young opera fan tickets at £25 for anyone under the age of 30.
A joy beyond all expectation – sassily delivered and outstandingly well-sung.
★★★★★ Michael White
We look forward to welcoming you to Layer Marney Tower.
Nicholas & Sheila Charrington, Layer Marney Tower
The Wild Arts team
Wild Arts makes magic happen. With a combination of youthful talent, a superb group of instrumentalists, a fine conductor and an imaginative director, the show is inventive, entertaining, and full of insight. I look forward to their Eugene Onegin next year …
Colin Clarke's review of our Magic Flute 2024
The opera barn, picnic lawn and loos at Layer Marney Tower are fully accessible. The stalls seating in the opera barn is flexible and we can accommodate wheelchairs easily. The banked and raised seating areas are raised, with a varying number of steps. We will reserve parking places for blue badge holders by the entrance through to the opera courtyard. Please email us at info@wildarts.org.uk for any access or seating questions and we'd be very happy to help.
Getting there
Free parking. It is a 45-minute train journey from London (Liverpool Street or Stratford) to Witham station. There will be a transfer from Witham station to Layer Marney Tower, departing Witham 4.35pm and Layer Marney 10.15pm. You will be able to pre-book places when you book your tickets.
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Eugene Onegin, 19 June
The Elixir of Love, 20 June
Eugene Onegin, 21 June
The Elixir of Love, 22 June (Matinee)