Glyndebourne Touring Opera

Later this month sixteen members of Classical Partners will meet up to enjoy Glyndebourne on Tour’s production of Verdi’s great comic opera Falstaff, at Milton Keynes Theatre.

This production, part of Glyndebourne’s 75th season, is set in Windsor, in the years immediately after the Second World War, and in the opening scene we meet Falstaff in the Garter Inn, with it’s mock Tudor interior. The main parallel from the 1940s to Shakespeare’s England is that both were periods of growth from austerity. The set designs by Ultz are apparently very clever and critics have described the show as a visual delight, as we have come to expect from Glyndebourne’s productions in recent years.

As part of our programme of events based on the arts, we at Classical Partners regularly arrange opera evenings for our unattached, cultured members wishing to meet like-minded others. These may be at provincial venues such as Milton Keynes Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, the Birmingham Hippodrome and Manchester Opera House, or traditional London venues such as the Holland Park open air summer season. Our nights at the opera always include drinks and a meal – before curtain up, as operas tend to go on a bit – giving members have the opportunity to meet and strike up new friendships.

Also popular have been our opera weekends abroad, in lovely European cities such as Paris, Florence and Munich, where we combine sightseeing and socialising with a visit to some of Europe’s finest opera houses.

To find out more about our arts events for singles see Events.