MOTTISTONE JAZZ - 14th - 15th JULY
Die Fledermaus - 20th - 21st JUNE
Jazz it up!
Mottistone Jazz, which is organised by the National Trust, is
back for its 19th year! Held in the magical setting of Mottistone
Manor Garden, the jazz is small enough to remain friendly and
welcoming but large enough to attract some great musicians
and topping the bill this year is Campbell Burnap and the everpopular Goose Island Syncopators supported by the Isle of Wight
Youth Stage Band.
Opera night at the Priory Bay
An
exciting
production
of
the renowned operetta ‘Die
Fledermaus’ is being presented on
a national tour by the acclaimed
opera company Opera Box.
Composed non-stop in forty-two
‘nights of veritable rapture’ this is the
‘The Waltz King’s’ most celebrated
and popular operetta – intoxicatingly
melodious and exuberant.
Mistaken identities, flirtations,
elegant frivolities and confusion
abound
in
this
enthralling
production.
Eisenstein plays a
joke on his friend Dr. Falke which
results in Falke walking home from
a fancy dress party dressed as a bat
(eine Fledermaus.) The masquerade
ball of Prince Orlofsky proves to be
the perfect opportunity for Falke to
arrange an elaborate revenge.
The resulting comic deception and
intrigue in the glamorous setting
of the Prince’s 1890 Vienna villa
forms the background for some of
the most beautiful and challenging
music in opera.