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Clonter

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Clonter Opera Theatre is set in the heart of the beautiful Cheshire countryside. With a 400 seat indoor auditorium where it performs opera, jazz, folk and gospel music on select evenings throughout the year. There is also indoor dining facilities for 400 people, as the majority of performances have a 70 minute supper interval.

19/06/2026

Opera Fest - Cast Announcement 🎶

Next up, joining us in July…

✨ Grace Hope-Gill - Soprano ✨

Welsh soprano Grace Hope-Gill is in her second year of Royal Academy Opera at the Royal Academy of Music as a bicentenary scholar. Grace is under the tutelage of Mary Nelson and Anna Tilbrook. Recent successes include, winning the John Fussell Award for Young Musicians and the Major Van Someran Godfrey prize and Elena Gerhardt prize and coming second in the Schumann Prize. Grace’s performances range from performing cantatas under Eamonn Dougan and John Butt in the Academy’s ‘Bach in Leipzig’ series, to singing on the CBeebies channel. She recently travelled to Munich having been awarded the Elton John Global Exchange scholarship which concluded in her international recital debut with baritone Christian Gerhaher. Other recent engagements include, performing the roles of Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Micäela (Carmen), Armida (Rinaldo), Sandmänchen (Hänsel und Gretel) and ‘Cis’ (Albert Herring).

📆 Fri 24 – Sun 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍Clonter Opera Theatre

To learn more about Grace and purchase your Opera Fest tickets, click the link in the comments 🔗

18/06/2026

Worthy of a Hockney, we feel... 🌿☀️☁️

Fresh-cut grass, dramatic skies and the Cheshire countryside at its finest.

Come to Clonter and experience the view for yourself at OPERA FEST this July ✨ opera favourites, summer picnics and picturesque surroundings await.

📆 Fri 24 – Sun 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍Clonter Opera Theatre

🎟️ click the link in the comments

17/06/2026

Opera Fest - Cast Announcement 🎶

We’re delighted to welcome back…

✨ Camilla Seale - Mezzo-Soprano ✨

Praised for her ‘velvety mezzo’ timbres (The Telegraph), Camilla adores a wide range of repertoire from contemporary to baroque, performing regularly with Musica Antica (album, ‘La decima musa’ forthcoming). Through 2026, she sings Kate in Die Piraten von Penzance(Volksoper Wien), Alcina in Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero (Buxton Festival / Vache Baroque), alto voice and Stephano in Shakespeare’s The Tempest(Vache Baroque), Female Customer in Angel’s Bone(ENO), and will shoot two film shorts. Recent opera roles include Orlofsky in a UK tour of Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera), Angelina in La Cenerentola (Hurn Court Opera) and Dido for Longborough Festival with Barokksolistene. She was a Britten-Pears Artist, a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio, has performed several times at Clonter before, and looks forward to debuting the title role in Carmen in 2027. She is a keen aerialist, surfer and also ran a physical-theatre / baroque opera ensemble, the New Renaissance Collective for several years.

📆 Fri 24 – Sun 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍Clonter Opera Theatre

To learn more about Camilla and purchase your Opera Fest tickets, click the link in the comments 🔗

16/06/2026

Opera Fest - Cast Announcement 🎶

Next up, we have our tenor…

✨ Joshua Baxter - Tenor ✨

London-born tenor Joshua Baxter has performed extensively across the UK and Europe in opera, operetta and concert repertoire. Roles include Des Grieux (Manon), Laërte (Hamlet), Luigi (Il Tabarro), Harry Benn (The Boatswain’s Mate) and Don José (Carmen). He has appeared with companies including Buxton International Festival, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Grange Festival and Clonter Opera.

📆 Fri 24 – Sun 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍Clonter Opera Theatre

To learn more about Joshua and purchase your Opera Fest tickets, click the link in the comments 🔗

15/06/2026

The artworld says goodbye to this GIANT of the story of 20th and 21st century art.

“The justification for paying my own respects to him here is with regards to his contribution to set design with his ground breaking design for Rake’s Progress for Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1975, paving the way for other artists to dip their toes into this world, and expanding people’s concepts of what is possible, but David Hockney also epitomises what arguably an artist is for and art is all about, in its broadest sense – a vehicle for making people think differently, and using their platform for challenging societal norms. No one exemplified that maxim more than this artist, this man, this human being.

And what an exemplar of how to be in old age. Out in all weathers, and at all times of day, capturing the essence of the natural world, making people look at the most ordinary scene anew and with a sense of wonder, as well as grasping the advancement of technology, with an eternally enquiring mind and a never ending sense of childlike curiosity.

Thank you David Hockney. May wherever you have gone know how lucky they are/it is to have you there making the next world brighter, as he did for all of us.”

A personal tribute – Isabella Lockett, Clonter’s General Manager

14/06/2026

Opera Fest - Cast Announcement 🎶

First up, we’re delighted to welcome…

✨ Ana Salaridze - Soprano ✨

Ana Salaridze is a Georgian soprano currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Yvonne Kenny. She previously completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, where she studied on a full scholarship supported by a governmental grant for high-achieving students.

Ana has participated in international summer festivals, including the Saluzzo Opera Festival, where she sang Amore (L’incoronazione di Poppea), and La Semaine Lyrique d’Excideuil, where she performed Frasquita (Carmen). Since her student years, she has been awarded several prizes in competitions, including First Prize at the Don Matteo Colucci Competition (Italy) and the Mario Lanza Opera Prize (UK), as well as a scholarship from the Government of Luxembourg to attend masterclasses and perform in a gala concert with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore.

📆 Fri 24 – Sun 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍Clonter Opera Theatre

To learn more about Ana and purchase your Opera Fest tickets, click the link in the comments 🔗

12/06/2026

With the warmer weather returning once again, why not make the most of it with a visit to Opera Fest at Clonter this July?

Enjoy an evening of operatic favourites performed by five of the UK’s leading young singers, accompanied by a full orchestra, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cheshire countryside ✨

Make the most of the extended interval with delicious street food and drinks from the outdoor bar, bring a picnic, or enjoy Clonter’s usual dining options 🎉

What’s not to love?

🎶 Opera Fest
📆 Friday 24 – Sunday 26 July 2026
🕣 7:30pm / 7pm / 3pm
📍 Clonter Opera Theatre

🎟️ FREE for ages 26 and under
🍔 Street food available on site
🍹 Outdoor bar
⛺️ Camping and glamping available nearby

For more information and to book your tickets, visit the link in the comments 🔗

05/06/2026

💬 “James Pearson is in shattering form on these sessions.” - The Sunday Times

With only a handful of tickets remaining, this is your last chance to experience an unforgettable evening of world-class jazz at Clonter ✨

Joining us is one of the UK's most respected musicians and Artistic Director of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, James Pearson, alongside his trio:

🎹 James Pearson – piano
🎻 Sam Burgess – double bass
🥁 Chris Higginbottom – drums

They'll be joined by special guests:

🎤 Polly Gibbons – twice nominated "Best Jazz Vocalist" (BBC Jazz Awards & Jazz FM Awards)

🎷 Alex Garnett – saxophone
🎷 Alex Clarke – saxophone

An exceptional line-up of some of the finest jazz musicians in the country - a night not to be missed!

📅 Saturday 6 June
🕢 7.30pm
📍 Clonter Opera Theatre

🎟️ Ticket link in the comments below 🔗

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Swettenham Heath
Congleton
CW122LR

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 4:30pm

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+441260224514

Website

http://www.clonter.org/

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