PRIORITY BOOKING DATES Priority booking is available on the following dates from 10am: MONDAY 4 MARCH Gold Patrons/Benefactors/ Directors Circle MONDAY 11 MARCH Patrons MONDAY 18 MARCH Gold Friends MONDAY 25 MARCH Friends MONDAY 1 APRIL Public Booking
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BOOK YOUR TICKETS FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL:
by returning this form with the necessary payment and a stamped addressed envelope (if you wish the tickets to be returned to you) to Festival Box Office, Buxton International Festival, 3 The Square, Buxton SK17 6AZ online at www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
by phone on 01298 72190 For the latter two options, you will need your priority booking code, found underneath your address.
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‘The operas in this 40th anniversary season transport us to all the corners of the earth - from political intrigue in Ancient Rome, to gossip in the coffee houses of Georgian England to duels at dawn in Pushkin’s Russia, to mysterious valleys in Africa and even up to the dizzy heights of Mount Olympus. The concert series features some of the finest soloists, ensembles and orchestras in Europe, some returning, some bringing their artistry to Buxton for the first time. We welcome Peter Donohoe as our Artist in Residence, the singers from Cape Town Opera, and the BBC Philharmonic, who will be performing in the newly refurbished Octagon.’ – Adrian Kelly, Artistic Director
Between now and the Festival a number of Friends events have been organised. Of particular interest and relevance will be the introduction to the highlights of this year’s world premiere of Georgiana in the entirely appropriate and delightful setting of Chatsworth House and, of course, our popular Opera Study Day with specialist presentations on all this year’s operas. Information and booking for these and other events is available on the Friends pages of the Festival website. Bookings for the Friends Festival Dinner can be made on the enclosed booking form; and look out for more news about our two ‘Friends Wednesdays’ during the Festival itself. We very much look forward to meeting you in the summer and I we encourage you to bring new friends to discover the delights that Buxton has to offer over the Festival period. Yours sincerely,
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We have a bumper Festival programme planned for our 40th Anniversary this summer. Adrian Kelly, our new Artistic Director, and Victoria Dawson, our Book Organizer, have gone to extraordinary lengths to put together an opera/music programme and a book series that is guaranteed to offer something for everyone.
‘This Festival (capital F) has for 40 years put Buxton in Derbyshire’s Peak District on the operatic world map. (A feat to be celebrated by Ian Kershaw in conversation with Matthew Parris.) I now seek to do the same for all things literary. We will look at themes including Utopia/ Dystopia, ‘the rural idyll’, our national parks, and the birth of modernism. In an age of ecological and political turmoil across the globe, I hope we can provide historical context to remind us of pitfalls, to share new ideas to help us to navigate our future, and to provide entertainment and delight to our committed and appreciative audience. Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan, economist Lord Skidelsky and forager John Wright join Buxton favourites Lucy Worsley, Melvyn Bragg and Max Hastings plus many, many more in a fortnight of informative yet accessible debate.’ – Victoria Dawson, Book Organiser
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