Audience Reviews
2006-7 Così fan tutte
"Thoroughly enjoyed my first outdoor opera - don't want it to be my last!"
Ashbourne Festival audience member

"The weather was perfect of course but this just added to the event. The setting was ideal and the cast so professional, so funny, so excellent, the evening was so wonderful!!! Please keep us up to date with all your future production dates as I am now an ardent fan!"
Wellington School audience member

"Excellent acting as well as singing; my son's first opera (aged 8) and he couldn't stop laughing at all the 'funny bits' - we all adored it."
Amesbury Abbey audience member

"Brilliant production - we enjoyed it more than Covent Garden!"
Abbotsbury audience member

"We had a wonderful evening of music and fun - a really first-class performance - marvellous"
Abbotsbury audience member

"Witty & interesting interpretation of Così"
Shrewsbury audience member

"Lovely place and lovely music - an enchanting family evening"
Hergest Croft Gardens audience member

"My niece had never seen an opera and was delighted. It was a very memorable evening, we will certainly be coming again"
Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire audience member >

"I loved the intimate setting"
Hambleden audience member

"Wonderful entertainment - more please!"
Shrewsbury audience member

"Thank you for the splendid performance... I and my three companions were quite simply bowled over and promised each other that we would make sure of attending next year's production - and tell a lot of friends about it"
Wellington School audience member

"A brilliantly enjoyable and well thought out production. I am already looking forward to your next visit!"
Grey College audience member

"Loved the energy and humour of the players"
Roadford Lake audience member

2005-2006 La Cenerentola
"My wife and I go to a lot of opera, at the ROH and all over the world; Garden Opera with its fast moving witty productions and outstanding young singers has never disappointed us: something that cannot be said about some of the other companies."
William John Rea, Devon

"Total perfection! ... I shall continue to spread the word of what the nation is missing."
Robina Thompson, Wiltshire

"Cinderella was the best yet."
Anthea Richards, St Ives

"Wonderful! I shall be a loyal fan!"
Alice Liddle, Norwich

"Cenerentola hit exactly the right note - both for me (keen opera-goer) and friends who love theatre but not really opera."
Stephen Smith, Warwickshire

"We were a party of seven and all enjoyed ourselves hugely... My 9 year old daughter, who sings in the St Luke's choir, had the time of her life and is now an Opera enthusiast."
James Vyvyan, London

"It was magic!"
Tamara Mulley, [pupil at The Vineyard School, GEOP participant], London

"Opera in the Square was simply one of the best cultural events I have experienced in Shrewsbury. I knew this particular company from previous experience and guessed that they would appeal to a wide audience. Plenty of fun and fizz, but not at the expense of excellent musicianship. The man sitting next to me said that he had never been to an opera and was surprised how greatly he enjoyed it."
Ted Maidment, [former Headmaster of Shrewsbury School], Shrewsbury