506 search results for…

News

Glyndebourne Announces 2023 Jerwood Young Artists

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-announces-2023-jerwood-young-artists/

Glyndebourne has announced that three artists will be part of the organization’s Jerwood Young Artists Programme in 2023. The three singers include mezzo-soprano Annabel Kennedy, bass-baritone Michael Ronan, and bass Jamie Woollard. Ronan performed with Glyndebourne in a production of “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” and covered roles in “La Bohème” and “The Wreckers.” He is also a member of the {…}

News

Glyndebourne Cancels 2023 Tour Due to ACE Funding Cuts

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-cancels-2023-tour-due-to-ace-funding-cuts/

Glyndebourne has canceled its 2023 tour following a reduction to its Arts Council England (ACE) funding for touring and its learning and engagement work. The company announced that while the application to join Arts Council England’s 2023 – 2026 National Portfolio was successful, the £800,000 annual funding offered for that period is at a lower level than applied for and {…}

News

Glyndebourne Announces Holiday Programming for 2022

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-announces-holiday-programming-for-2022/

Glyndebourne has announced a series of holiday performances. First up will be performances of Mozart’s Requiem and arias by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The first part of the concert, which will spotlight Bologne and his opera “The Anonymous Lover,” will feature writer and director Simone Ibbett-Brown as she interweaves stories from the composer’s life. In the second half of {…}

News

Glyndebourne to Reevaluate ‘Offensive Operas’

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-to-reevaluate-offensive-operas/

The Glyndebourne Festival has announced it will rethink the way certain offensive operas will be performed. The company said in a statement, “Some operas in our archive reflect the society and norms of previous ages, containing historical opinions and social assumptions which may offend audiences today. Where once exoticism and orientalism in the presentation of non-European cultures were acceptable, we {…}

News

Glyndebourne to Perform Mozart & Chevalier de Saint-Georges Concert

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-to-perform-mozart-chevalier-de-saint-georges-concert/

Glyndebourne is set to perform concerts featuring the music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The organization is bringing the music of Saint-Georges and Mozart featuring “The Anonymous Lover” with Mozart’s Requiem. Instead of a traditional concert performance, director Simone Ibbett-Brown will interweave arias, extracts, and ensembles from “The Anonymous Lover” with spoken theatre to bring the opera’s plot and {…}

News

Glyndebourne Announces Tour 2022 Lineup Schedule

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-announces-tour-2022-lineup-schedule/

The Glyndebourne Tour has announced its lineup for 2022. The tour taking place Oct. through Dec. will feature Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Requiem,” Puccini’s “La bohème,” and Fernando and Wilson’s new opera, “glass human.” The company will make stops in Milton Keynes, Canterbury, Norwich, and Liverpool All times and dates vary depending on the show. Starting off the {…}

News

Glyndebourne to Host Premiere of ‘glass human’ in Fall of 2022

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-to-host-premiere-of-glass-human-in-fall-of-2022/

“glass human,” a new chamber opera by composer Samantha Fernando and writer and sound artist Melanie Wilson, will have its premiere during the fall of 2022 at Glyndebourne. The opera explores the theme of loneliness, featuring the stories of three individuals and their experiences with loneliness. A young student lives away from home for the first time and hears disturbing {…}

News, Streaming

Glyndebourne Festival Now Streaming Poulenc Double Bill

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-festival-now-streaming-poulenc-double-bill/

Glyndebourne is now streaming a Poulenc double bill on its official platform Glyndebourne Encore. Audiences can check out “La Voix Humaine” and “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” in a production by Laurent Pelly. The production premiered during the 2022 festival. Of the staging, The Telegraph said, “‘Glyndebourne’s final offering of the season is both scintillatingly brilliant in its own right and {…}

News, Streaming

Glyndebourne Releases ‘Alcina’ on Digital Platform

https://operawire.com/glyndebourne-releases-alcina-on-digital-platform/

Glyndebourne has released its recent production of Händel’s “Alcina” on its streaming platform Glyndebourne Encore. “Alcina” stars soprano Jane Archibald stars in the title role, with Soraya Mafi as Morgana and Samantha Hankey as Ruggerio. Jonathan Cohen conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. “Alcina” was directed by Francesco Micheli. The company also unveiled that its other productions would be {…}