£14m opera rehearsal facility on track

Buckinghamshire Council has approved plans that will see Garsington Opera build a £14m practice centre on the Wormsley Estate in Stokenchurch, the home of the Getty family.

The new building will be used for opera rehearsals for four months each year, and for the rest of the year will be available for commercial hire and use by local performing arts clubs. Garsington Opera’s outreach programme, which includes work with schools, local children and adults and hospital patients, will be based there.

The development will rely on fundraising, which if successful will see the facility open in 2023.