Garsington debut for Justin
As part of a wonderful 2019 summer season, Justin conducts Fantasio at Garsington Opera in a run of 9 shows beginning on June 14th. Celebrating the Offenbach’s bicentenary in 2019, this is the UK stage premiere with a specially commissioned new English translation by Jeremy Sams.
Aside from his Artistic Direction of the RIAS Kammerchor, Justin is in demand as a conductor of opera, in particular the works of Mozart (‘an evening of almost unadulterated Mozartian bliss’ Così fan tutte / Opera magazine), Haydn (‘hard to imagine this fizzing piece ever being better done’ L’infedeltà delusa / The Independent) and Britten (‘Justin Doyle and the Opera North Orchestra work wonders to dispatch Britten’s mischievous and miraculous chamber score with pungency and precision’ Albert Herring / The Times). He conducted Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi at Buxton in 2016 (‘The Northern Chamber Orchestra under Justin Doyle gave the best performance I’ve heard from them at Buxton; Doyle brought out the best in them’ / Bachtrack), returning in 2017 to conduct Britten’s Albert Herring (‘…a super performance under the baton of Justin Doyle’ / Mark Ronan Theatre Reviews).