Alice Farnham | Engagements

2027

January 2027 Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Harmonium
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Sussex Landscape
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
John Adams: Harmonium

Joanna MacGregor, piano
Brighton Festival Chorus
Alice Farnham, conductor

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Summer 2027 La bohème Longborough Festival Opera

2026

20, 21, 22 and 24 February 2026 Swan Lake Ballet Preljocaj
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Sardinia
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

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21 March 2026 The Holsts: Father & Daughter Sinfonia Viva, Derby Cathedral
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Gustav Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Imogen Holst: Variations on “Loth to Depart”
Imogen Holst: Allegro assai
Britten: Simple Symphony
Imogen Holst: Festival Anthem

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10, 11 and 17 April 2026 Celestial Threads Orchestra Victoria
Melbourne and Warrnambool
Imogen Holst: Suite for String Orchestra
John Psathas: Djinn: Marimba Concerto
Gustav Holst arr. Morton: The Planets

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28 and 29 April 2026 Royal Scottish National Orchestra Haddington and Stirling
Cecilia McDowall: Off the Ground
Gustav Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Imogen Holst: Suite for String Orchestra
25 and 26 July 2026 Tosca West Green House Opera
Director: Suzanne Chaundy
Designer: Richard Studer

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June, July and August 2026 BBC National Open Youth Orchestra tour Barbican Hall, Hoddinott Hall and Bristol Beacon

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September–October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Nederlandse Reisopera
Tour of the Netherlands

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Philip Glass: Waiting for the Barbarians

Nederlandse Reisopera with Noord Nederlands Orkest, Consensus Vocalis and Club Guy & Roni.

26 September 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Stadschouwburg Groningen
1 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Chassé Theater, Breda
3 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Atlas Theater, Emmen
7 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians De Harmonie, Leeuwarden
20 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Wilminktheater, Enschede
22 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
25 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians De Spiegel, Zwolle
27 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
29 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn
31 October 2026 Waiting for the Barbarians Amare, Den Haag

Archive Performances

2025 The Elixir of Love English Touring Opera. UK tour
2025 Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Brighton Dome
2025 Turandot Instant Opera Orchestra, London
2025 Royal Northern Sinfonia Royal Philharmonic Society, Women Conductors
2025 Sinfonia Viva Mechanical Advantage Concert, Derby
2025 London Rehearsal Orchestra Imogen Holst: Persephone, Britten: Prelude and Dances of the Pagodas
2024 Swan Lake Ballet Preljocaj, Reims Opera House
2024 La bohème Longborough Festival Opera
2024 Discovering Imogen Album release, NMC Recordings
2024 In Conversation with Sir Antonio Pappano Faber & Faber, The Bindery, London
2024 Australian masterclasses Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Elder Conservatorium, Australian Opera Academy, Melbourne Opera
2023 Jönköping Sinfonietta Concert
2023 Le nozze di Figaro Royal Academy Opera
2023 L’elisir d’amore Longborough Festival Opera
2023 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Concert
2023 Cambridge University Orchestra Concert
2023 Literary festivals and guest speaking Hay Festival, Buxton Festival, Holt Festival, Dartington Festival, Budleigh Festival, Ilkley Festival
2022 Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra Concert
2022 Swan Lake Théâtres de Compiègne and Opéra de Rouen Normandie
2022 National Youth Orchestra of Scotland Concert
2022 Die Fledermaus Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
2022 BBC Proms Young Composer project, Battersea Arts Centre
2022 A German Requiem Dartington Festival Summer School
2022 Calgary Opera 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
2022 Cheryomushki Welsh National Opera
2021 Royal Scottish National Orchestra World premiere, Jonathan Dove and Zeb Soanes: Gaspard’s Foxtrot
2021 Philharmonia Orchestra Three Choirs Festival, Gaspard’s Foxtrot and Peter and the Wolf
2021 Southbank Sinfonia Kings Place, London Unwrapped Series
2021 Royal Academy of Music Opera School Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Ravel: L’heure espagnole
2020 Norma Calgary Opera
2019 BBC Concert Orchestra Orchestra Unwrapped, Queen Elizabeth Hall
2019 La fedeltà premiata Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera School
2019 The Gondoliers Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Opera School
2019 Folkoperan Stockholm 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
2018 Sinfonia Viva Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Elgar programme
2018 Wermland Opera Bernstein on Broadway
2018 Malmö Opera Orchestra With Skånes Dansteater
2018 Opera Holland Park SWAP’ra Gala Concert
2017 Dalasinfoniettan New Year concerts in Falun, Siljansnäs, Säter, Cassels and Grängesberg
2017 Danish Royal Ballet Ballet de Luxe
2017 Satyagraha Folkoperan Stockholm and Storan Teatern Gothenburg
2017 Nordiska Kammarorkestern Schumann: Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, soloist George Li
2017 Gävle Symphony Orchestra Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
2017 Turandot Folkoperan Stockholm
2017 The Nutcracker English National Ballet, London Coliseum