Richard Bratby

Britain’s youngest summer opera festival is seriously impressive

Waterperry Opera Festival presented a Barber of Seville with bundles of Italianate warmth and an exceptional Turn of the Screw

Brenton Spiteri​ (Count Almaviva) and Patrick Keefe (Figaro​) in Waterperry’s Barber of Seville. Credit: Graham Turner
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  • The Barber of Seville; The Turn of the Screw

    Waterperry Opera Festival, Oxford

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