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Nicholas Snowman, Former South Bank Centre and Glyndebourne Chief Dies Suddenly at 78

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Nicholas Snowman, former chief of South Bank Centre and Glyndebourne, passed away suddenly at 78 on March 2, 2023. The Arts Council called upon Snowman to lead the South Bank concert halls in 1986, where he served for 12 years. He was also a co-founder of the London Sinfonietta—for which he served as general manager from 1968 to 1972— and the {…}

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Glyndebourne Rebounds from Funding Cuts with New Autumn Programming

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Glyndebourne has announced new autumn programming, designed to help audiences stay engaged while introducing new ones to the art form. The move comes as a response to the recent cancellation of its annual tour, following a cut to its funding from the Arts Council England. The program will start in September with two family-friendly “open days” of activities, tours, and {…}

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Glyndebourne Cancels 2023 Tour Due to ACE Funding Cuts

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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 {…}

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Cambridge Summer Music Appoints New Festival Director

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Cambridge Summer Music has appointed tenor Ben Johnson as the new Festival Director.  In a press release, the festival said, that the Trustees of Cambridge Summer Music selected Johson and said, “Ben will bring a unique combination of an outstanding performance career with the experience of founding and managing his own music festival. Ben will take his position immediately.” Henry {…}

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Glyndebourne Announces Holiday Programming for 2022

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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 {…}

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Glyndebourne to Reevaluate ‘Offensive Operas’

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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, Streaming

Glyndebourne Production of ‘The Wreckers’ to Launch on Glyndebourne Encore Platform

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On August 1, 2022, Glyndebourne will launch the recording of their new production of Ethel Smyth’s “The Wreckers,” on their Glyndebourne Encore streaming platform. The production is the first professional staging of the work in recent years, and was presented with its original French libretto and a fully-restored score. In OperaWire’s review of the production, Benjamin Poore noted that “It {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Founding a New Festival – Betty Makharinsky on Co-founding The Vache Baroque Festival

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Some people seem to be born with an irrepressible zest for life, who ooze positivity and energy, and view the world as a place in which they can fulfill their ambitions and dreams. Setbacks and barriers are but challenges to be overcome, mistakes are something to be learnt from, little seems to deter them. They are always on the move, {…}

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Q & A: Michael Chance on the Grange Festival, the 2022 Season Repertoire & Future of the Festival

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(Credit: Annelies van der Vegt) On June 9, the Grange Festival in Hampshire will open its fifth annual season. The festival will present three operatic masterpieces including “Macbeth,” “Tamerlano” and “The Yeoman of the Guard” as well as a Jazz and a Dance program. The festival, which was founded in 2016 by Michael Chance, Rachel Pearson, and Michael Moody, opened {…}