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Longborough Festival Opera is proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Anthony Negus as its esteemed Music Director in by announcing the launch of the Longborough Wagner Club

Anthony Negus will be the Club’s Founder President, and its distinguished ambassadors include Stephen Fry, Sir John Tomlinson, Susan BullockCBE and Alan Rusbridger.

For over a quarter-century, Negus has been central to Longborough’s success, shaping its musical vision and establishing the festival’s distinguished reputation within the Wagnerian tradition, often celebrated as the ‘English Bayreuth’.

In celebration of this milestone, the festival will launch the Longborough Wagner Club, a philanthropic circle to support Longborough’s ambitious and long-standing tradition of presenting the works of, and inspired by, Richard Wagner. As Founder President of the Club, Negus will continue to stimulate seasoned Wagner lovers and new audiences alike.

Negus says: ‘I am thrilled with the launch of the

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The Longborough Wagner Club

"The biggest challenge that any opera company can face has been mounted with triumphant success in Longborough" - Michael Tanner (The Spectator)

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The Longborough Wagner Club is an exclusive group of philanthropists, committed to supporting the ambitious and long-standing tradition of presenting the works of, and inspired by, Richard Wagner at Longborough.

Anthony Negus will be the Club’s Founder President. Its distinguished ambassadors include Stephen Fry, Sir John Tomlinson, Susan Bullock CBE and Alan Rusbridger.

The Club will cement Longborough’s reputation as the birthplace and training ground for future generations of British Wagnerians, and secure an ongoing place for Wagner’s work within the Festival programme. Additionally, the Club will support works heavily connected to or influenced by the monumental cultural figure of Richard Wagner, such as Avner Dorman's Wahnfried and Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (being presen