'A positive confectioner’s shop of ceramic tiles, coloured glass and swirling gilt': the interior of Frank Matcham's Buxton Opera House Temistocle Solera based his libretto on Schiller’s The Maid of ...

The Buxton Festival aims to keep you going from breakfast to bedtime (late) with nine operas, a programme of high-class music, a strong literary series bringing 30 well-known authors to flog their ...

An international festival which hosts some of the biggest productions and names in opera also boasts one of the most picturesque settings in the country, writes Mavis Kirkham. Did you know with a ...

Based on an earlier French translation of Shakespeare, Ambroise Thomas’ 1868 French grand opera was a long-term success in his native country while running into chauvinistic criticism in England due ...

You are in: Derby > In Pictures > 360 Panoramas > Buxton > Outside the Buxton Opera House This is the view outside the Buxton Opera House. The building was refurbished in 2001 and features gold leaf ...

Buxton's famous dome has a span that is greater than that of St Paul's Cathedral. The University of Derby opens the doors to its stunning new £20m Devonshire Royal Campus in Buxton. Look inside the ...

Buxton International Festival, the Peak District's star-studded annual celebration of opera, music, jazz and books will be taking place from Thursday, July 4 until Sunday, July 21, 2024. The ...

Proudly celebrating its incredible 10th anniversary, Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners is back! Performed by a phenomenal cast of Irish musicians, the show is packed full of classics ...

Here to spread the Christmas magic once again is Niamh Forster as Elf, who starred as Libby in last year’s production of Rumpelstiltskin. Niamh brings previous stage credits from BIRDIE (Salford Arts ...

Buxton, a quaint town on the edge of the Peak District, is known for more than just its famous bottled water. It's a place where you can enjoy opera in a cave, visit a hotel where Mary Queen of Scots ...

An initiative to help shape the future development of a historic arts venue in Derbyshire is being opened to the public. Buxton Opera House, which hosts hundreds of events every year, opened in 1903 ...

If Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni or Cosi fan tutte are operatic mansions, then The Impresario is a lean-to; more opera-adjacent than opera itself. Even the composer called this ...