A WORLD-CLASS Opera Festival is returning to venues across the county.

The Cumbria Open Festival 2023, organised by Cumbria Opera Group, begins on August 26.

The event will celebrate Cumbrian writers, poets and opera makers, including a World Première from Robert Anson, the winner of the festival’s Young Composers’ Competition.

Events will also take place in Grange-over-Sands, Appleby, Penrith, Carlisle, Dalton-in-Furness and Whitehaven.

The second edition of festival will also feature Poulenc’s radical and captivating La Voix Humaine to Mozart’s eternal Don Giovanni.

Here is the festival’s line-up:

Saturday August 26, 2pm: Open Festival Workshop, Penrith Playhouse

Saturday August 26, 7:30pm: Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine & Schuamnn’s Frauenliebe und -leben, Penrith Playhouse

Sunday August 27, 3pm: Opera Highlights, St Mary’s Church, Dalton-in-Furness

Sunday August 27, 7:30pm: Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine & Schuamnn’s Frauenliebe und -leben, Penrith Playhouse

Monday August 28, 7:30pm: Opera Highlights, Appleby Public Hall

Tuesday August 29, 7:30pm: Opera Highlights, Tithe Barn, Carlisle

Wednesday August 30, 7:30pm: Mozart's Don Giovanni, Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands

Thursday August 31, 7:30pm: Mozart's Don Giovanni, Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands

Friday September 1, 7:30PM: Joan Rodgers CBE in Conversation, St Bees’ Priory, Whitehaven

Saturday September 2, 2pm: Cumbrian Opera & Song, Kendal Town Hall

Saturday September 2, 7:30pm: Mozart's Don Giovanni, Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands

To find out more visit: https://www.cumbriaoperagroup.com/festival2023