Lansdown Summer Festival

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Lansdown Summer is an annual, classical music festival in Christchurch, New Zealand, held indoors in February. More info visit http://lansdownsummer.com

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Lansdown Summer is an annual festival which takes place throughout the month of February in a beautiful country house surrounded by one of the finest heritage gardens in the Christchurch area of The South Island, New Zealand. All performances are presented in The Great Room of Lansdown House, which has a seating capacity of 100. The unique characteristic of Lansdown Summer is its narropera performances, an innovative presentational format in which the essence of complex works such as operas and dramatic oratorios are revealed with the clarity and directness of chamber music. Performances of melodrama and solo recitals also form part of the festival programme. Patrons are able to picnic in the stunning, river-bounded gardens, either before of after each festival performance, and there is adequate car parking within the grounds for all patrons.