Wild Arts performs a magical open-air staging of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Doddington Hall

Wild Arts brings their 2026 Summer Opera Tour to Lincolnshire, performing a new staging of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, directed by Olivier Award-winning international opera star Danielle de Niese.

Jack Sandison (Figaro) and Ellie Neate (Susanna) in Wild Arts' 'The Marriage of Figaro' | Lucy J Toms

placeholder image — Jack Sandison (Figaro) and Ellie Neate (Susanna) in Wild Arts' 'The Marriage of Figaro' | Lucy J Toms

The company performs The Marriage of Figaro at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire on Friday 31 July. Wild Arts will present a magical open-air performance of Mozart’s comic opera on the Croquet Lawn where audiences can bring a chair and a picnic for the performance.

Wild Arts’ new productions of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro mark the directorial debut from Danielle de Niese, and features the premiere of a new chamber orchestration and English translation by Wild Arts’ Artistic Director Orlando Jopling.

Jack Sandison (Figaro) and Abbie Ward (Cherubino) in Wild Arts' 'The Marriage of Figaro' | Eleanor Church

Wild Arts’ productions are driven by immediacy, storytelling, and audience connection. Performances are deliberately intimate and theatrically focused, stripping back large-scale sets in favour of clarity, pace, and emotional impact. While casts are small, productions remain visually striking, featuring bold costumes, inventive props, and imaginative staging.

Danielle de Niese, director of The Marriage of Figaro, says: “It is a great honour to be invited to direct for the first time. I feel my work on the stage has been recognised by my peers and having had a producer role in the BBC’s La Voix Humaine, I am excited to add another string to my bow in this directing debut. My artistic identity has always been rooted in a deep synthesis between singing and storytelling, character exploration, and the personal investment in and interpretation of any role I take on. That’s why the ethos of Wild Arts resonated so much - their intimate, beautifully stripped-back approach puts the characters and story front and centre and I couldn’t be more excited to be working with such an authentic and inspiring company for this new production of The Marriage of Figaro.”

Mozart’s comedic opera of mistaken identities sees Jack Sandison as Figaro, Ellie Neate as Susanna, Timothy Nelson as Count Almaviva and Elinor Rolfe Johnson as the Countess. The cast also features Abbie Ward as Cherubino and Olivia Ray as Marcellina, as well as Timothy Dawkins, William Searle and Eleanor O’Driscoll. Continuing in its commitment to support artists in the early stages of their careers, Wild Arts places exceptional talent at the heart of every production, with soloists also performing chorus roles in a deliberately intimate staging.

Alongside The Marriage of Figaro, during their summer 2026 opera tour, Wild Arts will also revive An Evening of Opera, which visits venues across the UK.