AN OPERA production is set to open the 10th festival season of Celebrate Voice.

Tickets are now on sale for ‘A Summer Serenade’ at Little Durnford Manor for Celebrate Voice’s first event of the year.

The gala presents an evening of opera and show songs, overlooking the countryside of the Woodford Valley, on Saturday, July 15 from 6pm.

Guests are invited to picnic in the grounds, enjoy performances from international singers and browse the art exhibition by Plain Arts Salisbury. And as the evening gets darker the manor house will be lit up with an array of lights.

Salisbury Journal: Celebrate Voice presents A Summer Serenade. Image: Aneta Howes Photography ’ at Little Durnford

The festival organisers and performers are delighted to return to the country venue, courtesy of the Earl and Countess of Chichester.

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Joining festival director Lynsey Docherty and co-host Philip Smith, are familiar and new names to Celebrate Voice supporters, including Nick Dwyer (baritone), Hannah Pedley (mezzo), Anthony Flaum (tenor) and Lara Müller (soprano) and musical director David Gostick.

Ms Docherty said: “Our summer celebration is a breathtakingly beautiful musical extravaganza in a most perfect English countryside setting – it is no wonder the event sells out every year. I am excited to be sharing with our audience during the evening our incredible plans for our 10th festival.”

Tickets start from £35 and are available from celebratevoice.co.uk.

Celebrate Voice will return to Salisbury’s Guildhall in 2023 for its 10th anniversary season following sell-out seasons in 2021 and 2022. Anyone wishing to get involved as a supporter, volunteer or business sponsor should email info@celebratevoice.co.uk.