Longborough Festival Opera

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Longborough Festival Opera started life in 1991 as Banks Fee Opera. After a series of chamber music concerts in the drawing room of our house, Banks Fee, we decided to invite Travelling Opera, a small touring opera company to give two performances with a small orchestra on a temporary stage in the courtyard of the stable block in aid of Sue Ryder and Barnado’s. The original audience was mainly local supporters of the charities and about £3000 was raised after costs and including donations which was divided between the two charities.

The opera evenings, with picnic interval, were very popular and we were begged to continue! Until 1998, our relationship was exclusively with Travelling Opera, whose productions of well-known operas in English were much enjoyed by our steadily increasing audience which grew from a total of 400 in 1991 to 1600 in 1997. Over that period, Banks Fee Opera presented Cosi fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, La Bohème, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, The Magic Flute and Carmen. Longborough Festival Opera was founded after our move to New Banks Fee, where we converted a barn into a theatre, using seats from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, which were being discarded during the process of its recent refurbishment.


Connected mandy members:

Wayne Dowdeswell
Lighting Designer
2017, The Marriage of Figaro, Lighting Designer
Longborough Festival Opera
Eleanor Roe
Actor
2017, The Magic Flute, Children's Ensemble
Longborough Festival Opera
Sophie Johnson
Deputy Stage Manager
2017, The Magic Flute, Deputy Stage Manager
Longborough Festival Opera
Jake Ayris
Lighting Technician
2017, Orfeo ed Euridice, Production Electrician & Board Programmer
Greenwood Theatre
Amber Harding
Wardrobe Assistant
2017, Longbrough Festival Opera, Co Wardrobe and Wigs Mistress
Jordan Lightfoot
Lighting Technician
2017, Longborough Festival Opera, Senior Technician
Wayne Dowdeswell
Lighting Designer
2017, Jenufa, Lighting Designer
Longborough Festival Opera
Lucinda Scott
Singer, Actor
2017, Fidelio, Chorus
Longborough Opera Festival
Lucy Bradford
Assistant Stage Manager
2017, Fidelio, Deputy Stage Manager
Long borough Festival Opera
Jessica Richardson
Production Assistant
2016, The Marriage of Figaro, Deputy Stage Manager
Amy Woodhouse
Costume Maker
2016, Tannhäuser, Costume Maker
Longborough Festival Opera
Christina Hostad
Deputy Stage Manager
2016, Tannhauser, Assistant Stage Manager
Longborough Festival Opera
Alexander Connatty
Costume Maker
2016, Tanahausser, Costume Designer/Maker
Longborough Opera
Lisa Cochrane
Deputy Stage Manager
2016, Marriage of Figaro/ Alcina, ASM
Longborough
Anthony Hannah
Technician
2016, Longborough Festival Opera "Summer Season", Lighting No 2
Longborough Festival Opera
Jordan Lightfoot
Lighting Technician
2016, Longborough Festival Opera, Lighting Technician
Naomi Brooks
Stage Manager
2016, figaro/jenufa/alcina, seasonal csm
2016, Alcina, Assistant director
Longborough Festival Opera
Andrew Bird
Lighting Designer
2015, Xerxes, Lighting Designer
Longborough Festival Opera
Philippa Batt
Costume Supervisor
2015, Xerxes, Wardrobe Mistress
Longborough Festival Opera

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Alternative Company Names

LFO, Longborough Festival Opera (Young Artists), Longborough Opera Festival