WEST GREEN HOUSE OPERA

18 JULY – 26 JULY

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West Green House was built in the early eighteenth century by Henry Hawley, the general who led the cavalry charge that massacred Bonnie Prince Charlie's army at the Battle of Culloden in 1745. In the twentieth century this Hampshire mansion came into the possession of Sir Victor Sassoon, builder of the Peace Hotel in Shanghai. Sassoon left the property to the National Trust on his death in 1957. In 1993 Marylyn Abbott, former marketing and tourism manager of Sydney Opera House, bought the lease and instituted an opera season which is held annually in July and August. A purpose-built auditorium in the garden known as The Green Theatre stages all the productions. This summer's festival includes Eugene Onegin, Puccini's La Rondine, the musical Gigi in concert and Howard Goodall's choral work Invictus: a Passion. westgreenhouseopera.co.uk

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Where to stay

Tylney Hall is three miles from West Green House.