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Buxton Opera House. The Buxton International Festival is an annual summer festival of opera, music and (since 2000) a literary series, held in Buxton, Derbyshire, England since its beginnings in July 1979. The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis. [1] The 2024 Buxton International Festival was scheduled for 4–21 July.
Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used ...
Buxton Festival, founded in 1979, is an opera and arts event held in July at the Opera House and other venues. [51] ... Vera Brittain (1893–1970), ...
Glastonbury Festival, England, 2016 There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September. Some are world-renowned and have been held for many years, including the world's largest greenfield festival, Glastonbury, which has been held since the 1970s. History This section needs expansion. You can ...
As well as performing a wide range of the classical string quartet repertoire from Haydn and Mozart to Bartók and Benjamin Britten, they performed new works written for them including Richard Stoker's first string quartet at the Buxton Festival in February 1962 and again at the SPNM, 4 St James's Square, London, in March 1963, [3] Alan ...
Geoffrey Richard Shovelton (27 April 1936 – 4 July 2016) [1] was an English singer, actor and illustrator best known for his performances in leading tenor roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1970s. Shovelton began his professional life with a teaching career, during which he began to perform professionally in oratorio and opera.
Festivals established in the 1970s (11 C) 0–9. 1970 festivals (3 C, 2 P) 1971 festivals (3 C, 1 P) 1972 festivals (3 C, 1 P) 1973 festivals (3 C, 1 P) 1974 ...
Music festivals established in the 1970s (10 C) 0–9. Festivals established in 1970 (2 C, 1 P) Festivals established in 1971 (2 C, 6 P) Festivals established in 1972 ...