Music festival marks 30th anniversary

AN INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed music festival which is staged at some of Yorkshire’s finest country houses is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th May 2011, 07:00 BST

The Ryedale Festival, which will run between July 15 and 31, will be marking the landmark anniversary with a varied programme of performances based on this year’s theme of the animal kingdom.

The festival will open with a new production of Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, in a translation by festival president John Warrack.

Making use of the stunning country houses in the area, there will be concerts at Sledmere House, Duncombe Park, Hovingham Hall and Castle Howard.

And newly commissioned by the festival, there will be the world premiere of Eduardo Niebla’s My Yorkshire Road in a celebration of North Yorkshire’s landscape.

More details are at www.ryedalefestival.co.uk, and tickets are available by emailing [email protected] or calling 01751 475777.

North Yorkshire Castle Howard