Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's Monty Python meets Handel in the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series's upcoming production of John Frederick Lampe's The Dragon of Wantley!
A fire-breathing dragon is terrorizing the Yorkshire countryside, and only the local squire, Moore of Moore Hall can save the day. If only he can be bothered to put down his beer.
Thanksgiving Weekend—November 25 & 26, 2023 in Boston, MA
Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Miami, FL
Saturday, December 2, 2023 in Troy, NY
Learn more at bemf.org/concert-season/chamber-opera
The Dragon of Wantley, the most popular operatic production of the entire 18th century in England, enjoyed a 45-year run. Lampe deftly lampoons the excesses of Handelian opera in this hilarious farce of 1736.
This all-new production from the BEMF Chamber Opera Series is led by BEMF’s GRAMMY-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs and acclaimed Stage Director Gilbert Blin—an all-star roster of 18 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists combined with period-inspired staging and lavish costumes, bring this rollicking masterpiece to life in a must-see operatic event!
It's Monty Python meets Handel in the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series's upcoming production of John Frederick Lampe's The Dragon of Wantley!
A fire-breathing dragon is terrorizing the Yorkshire countryside, and only the local squire, Moore of Moore Hall can save the day. If only he can be bothered to put down his beer.
Thanksgiving Weekend—November 25 & 26, 2023 in Boston, MA
Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Miami, FL
Saturday, December 2, 2023 in Troy, NY
Learn more at bemf.org/concert-season/chamber-opera
The Dragon of Wantley, the most popular operatic production of the entire 18th century in England, enjoyed a 45-year run. Lampe deftly lampoons the excesses of Handelian opera in this hilarious farce of 1736.
This all-new production from the BEMF Chamber Opera Series is led by BEMF’s GRAMMY-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs and acclaimed Stage Director Gilbert Blin—an all-star roster of 18 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists combined with period-inspired staging and lavish costumes, bring this rollicking masterpiece to life in a must-see operatic event!
