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28.01.2025

2025 BIF Artist Accommodation Call-out

Are you able to offer accommodation for our artists from mid-June to the end of July 2024?

13.01.2025

BIF's Acclaimed Handel production heads for Lisbon

Buxton’s five-star opera production, Il trionfo del Tempo d del Disinganno, will be performed in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2025. The production, listed as a ‘must-see opera to book in summer 2024′ (Daily Telegraph) triumphed at last summer’s festival with five-star reviews and standing ovations. It will be performed in Lisbon’s historical Teatro Nacional de Säo … Continued

06.01.2025

Five reasons why Buxton International Festival is the go-to summer festival of 2025

The award-winning Buxton International Festival is an annual celebration of world-class opera, music, books and jazz with over 160 events to choose from every summer.  Here are five reasons to make Buxton your ‘go-to’ summer festival for 2025 (10-27 July). Buxton’s location – at the heart of the Peak District The beautiful spa town of … Continued

11.11.2024

Vote for BIF in the Peak District, Derbyshire & Derby Tourism Awards!

Buxton International Festival has been shortlisted for Festival or Event of the Year at the Peak District, Derbyshire & Derby Tourism Awards 2025 and we need your help to win! The shortlist was revealed last month and the awards are designed to shine a spotlight on excellence and outstanding achievement across the area’s £2.89bn tourism … Continued

29.10.2024

Clive Myrie and Tony Hall joins BIF as honorary Vice-Presidents

BBC newsreader and presenter, Clive Myrie, and Tony Hall, The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE (former Director General of the BBC 2013-2020 and CEO of the Royal Opera House 2001-2013) are to join Buxton International Festival as Honorary Vice-Presidents. Felicity Goodey, the Festival’s Chair said: “We are delighted to announce that both Clive Myrie and … Continued

07.10.2024

Buxton International Festival Wins Best Annual Arts and Culture Award 2024 at SME Midlands Enterprise Awards

Buxton International Festival has proudly been named the winner of the Best Annual Arts and Culture 2024 category at the SME Midlands Enterprise Awards. This prestigious recognition highlights BIF’s exceptional contribution to the region’s arts and culture scene as one of the leading arts festivals in the UK. Now in its eighth year, the SME … Continued

30.09.2024

BIF Finalist for ‘Achievement in Opera’ at 2024 UK Theatre Awards

Buxton International Festival (BIF) has been shortlisted for a prestigious Achievement in Opera award by the 2024 UK Theatre Awards, marking another milestone in the Festival’s growing reputation. The UK Theatre Awards celebrate the creative excellence and outstanding work seen on and off stage throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This year’s awards ceremony … Continued

02.09.2024

BIF Shortlisted for 'Best Opera Festival' at the International Opera Awards

Buxton International Festival is excited to share that we are one of five festivals to be nominated for ‘Best Opera Festival’ in the 2024 International Opera Awards. The International Opera Awards are an annual celebration of excellence in opera around the world.  The shortlisted nominees revealed come from over 25 countries. Alongside the festival award, … Continued

30.07.2024

Audition Call Out - Join the BIF 2025 Company

Buxton International Festival is holding auditions for the 2025 company. All company members will sing in the chorus for Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet. Some performers will combine this with principal roles in chamber productions including Trouble in Tahiti (which shall transfer to Norwich Theatre), or as covers in Hamlet; some performers may sing in our flagship ‘new … Continued

19.07.2024

Introducing 'Shorts', a new opera project for 2025

Adrian Kelly, BIF’s Artistic Director introduces ‘Shorts’, an innovative new opera project for 2025. Shorts is all about the future of opera. While opera remains a captivating experience for those who have already discovered it, there is no question that audiences are declining. And while many of the works that are most cherished by opera … Continued

19.07.2024

Buxton International Festival 2025

BIF is delighted to announce plans for 2025.  The festival will be held between 10 and 27 July 2025. Highlights include: Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, conducted by Adrian Kelly with the Orchestra of Opera North A double bill of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Taihiti and Francis Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, a Buxton International Festival and Norwich Theatre production Opera Zuid production of … Continued

01.07.2024

Part 2: The Alan Barnes Swingtet 2024!

British Jazz Artist Alan Barnes is back in Buxton this July, after his outstanding sell-out performance with Wynton Marsalis last year. In his second guest blog for BIF, Alan tells us what to expect from this year’s gig: My last blog, titled ‘Buxton, Wynton Marsalis and Me‘, ended with the band enjoying a celebratory and … Continued