DJ Trava

Every season, I manage to see at least 2 of the operas which are performed by the Longbourough Festival Opera. I always convince my boss that there’s important work to be done in the Cotswolds and he believes me every single time and allows me to book rooms the Cotswolds Hotels. I should add, that there really is work for me here, but I just make it more convenient for me when one of my favorite opera’s is being performed.

It doesn’t seem like Longborough would have an Opera house, but the have a fully-fledged opera house which seats 480 people, complete with an orchestra pit which accommodates up to 65 players. It’s located on the grounds of a house on teh edge of the Cotswold Village of Longborough. It has a spectacular view of the Evenlode Valley and had been listed in the Pevsner guide to buildings in England. They also have private dining or corporate entertaining facilities. The Longbourgh Festival Opera is a registered charity which provides very high-quality operatic performances to not only the locals from Cotswolds, but beyond. It doesn’t receive any public grants and solely relies on personal and corporates sponsor ship for it to survive. Survive it has, because of the consistently high quality performances.

This year, I’ll be able to see two the the opera’s being performed: The first will be ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ by Mozart, sung in Italian with English surtitles. Conducted by Gianluca Marciano and directed by Jenny Miller. This has to be one of my most favorite opera’s of all time. It’s witty, charming and the music is superb. It’s a story of disguise, deception, romance and flirtation. What a perfect opera. The second Opera I’ll get to see is ‘La Boheme’ by Puccini. Sung in Italian and also with English surtitles.  The conductor is Robert Dean and it’s directed by Maria Jagusz. This will be a Young Artists Production, so it will start singers at the beginning of their professional careers. The opera is about the struggles of young artists to live and love in Paris.

While I enjoy the two opera’s, I will of course be obtaining more clients for my business. I find it easy to obtain clients who love opera.

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