Reviews

'Britain’s unchallenged champion of 18th-century opera. Bampton’s production was, as always, witty, smart, fast-moving, and admirably spiritedly sung by a vocally-satisfying cast… A laudably intelligent, sharp-witted team who were both vocally polished and dramatically rewarding.' Opera Now, 2018

'purposefully and engagingly staged… Cinderella rarely sets a slipper wrong' The Stage, 2018

'This beguiling production does full justice to the opera, with the resourcefulness and clarity that are the hallmarks of Bampton Classical Opera.' Opera, 2017

'There’s always a special sense of relaxed occasion at Bampton; each performance of just one carefully picked and often rare work, feels like the culmination of months of intense preparation and yet the whole company glows with the joy of sharing this latest operatic find with the world, creating an atmosphere at once calm, confident and utterly inclusive.' Bachtrack, 2017

'This is the best performance of anything I have seen anywhere this year.' KCW Today, 2017

'As delightful and diversely entertaining as eighteenth-century opera, in its more modest guises, was always intended to be.' Times Literary Supplement, 2016

'Bampton Classical Opera produces nothing but rare repertory – a huge credit to a company with a flair for production but run on a shoestring.' Royal Opera House programme booklet, 2016

'Bampton Opera is pretty much guaranteed to produce a show you won’t have seen before...  What’s unusual about Bampton is the friction it maintains between its growing ambition and its total lack of pretension….The results are giddily exciting, propelled by wit, charm and bags of joy.' The Spectator, 2015

'Ploughing a jovial furrow of forgotten 18th-century repertoire, unearthing some real gems… and performing them … for some of the best ticket-prices available in England, Bampton has punched far above its weight in giving a first break to singers and conductors who now have world reputation.' Opera Now

For reviews of specific productions, please follow the links on the past productions page