Glyndebourne Festival 2018 Announces Cinema & Live Stream Schedule

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The Glyndebourne Festival has announced that several productions will be screened during this summer’s festival. The performances will be showcased in cinemas across the UK or online for international audiences; the live streams online will be straight from the festival’s website. This year the operas on offer to a wider range of audiences will be “Madama Butterfly,” “Vanessa,” and “Saul.” {…}

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Samantha Hankey Wins Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018

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Samantha Hankey has been named the first winner of the Glyndebourne Opera Cup. The American mezzo was named the champion after the final on Saturday evening. She had been one of seven female finalists. She also took home the media prize. She is coming off a solid year, having been among the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions. During {…}

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10 Finalists For Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018 Announced

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The 10 finalists for the Glyndebourne Opera Cup have been announced. The finalists include soprano Francesca Chiejina, mezzo Samantha Hankey, soprano Elbenita Kajtazi, mezzo Eléonore Pancrazi, soprano Emily Pogorelc, bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano Gemma Summerfield, tenor Charles Sy, and baritone Hubert Zapiór. “We were treated to some really amazing music-making from our semi-finalists who conquered their nerves {…}

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How to Tune In For Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018 Semifinals & Final

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The Glyndebourne Opera Cup is set to start on Thursday, March 22, 2018. The competition, in its debut year, will be showcased via Sky Arts and will be presented by Chris Addison and Danielle De Niese. Dame Janet Baker will be serving as the competition’s honorary president. Baker will be on the judging panel for the live final and will {…}

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24 Singers Make Up Semi-Finalists For Glyndebourne Opera Cup

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The Glyndebourne Festival has announced the semi-finalists for its brand new competition. Following a worldwide search that attracted nearly 200 entries, and preliminary rounds in Berlin, London and Philadelphia, 23 singers aged 21-28 have been chosen to compete in the semi-final at Glyndebourne on March 22. The singers will be competing for one of 10 places in the final on {…}

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Glyndebourne General Director Steps Down

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General Director, Sebastian F. Schwarz has stepped down from Glyndebourne. The company announced the decision on Dec. 4. The news comes two years after Schwarz’s appointment succeeding David Pickard, who left the festival after a decade to be director of the Proms. Schwarz said in a statement “To be Glyndebourne’s general director for the last two years has been my honor and privilege. In {…}

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James Newby Wins Prestigious Award At Glyndebourne

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British baritone James Newby has been named the 2017 recipient of Glyndebourne’s John Christie Award. The award is presented annually to a promising young singer to fund private study. This season Newby was a Jerwood Young Artist and a member of the 2017 Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. He sang the roles of Marcellus/Player 4 in “Hamlet,” Messenger in “La traviata” and Notary {…}

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Glyndebourne Festivals Announces 2018 Casting

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The Glyndebourne Festival has been announced its casting for the upcoming 2018 festival. The season will include 17 singers making Glyndebourne debuts including German baritone Markus Brück, Austrian soprano Christina Gansch, American baritone John Chest and French mezzo-soprano Virginie Verrez. The event opens with the Festival debut of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” which is set to star Olga Busuioc as Cio-Cio-San, Joshua Guerrero {…}

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Critically Acclaimed ‘Hamlet’ To Be Live Streamed From Glyndebourne Festival

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For years, the world has craved a solid Hamlet Opera. Well, it seems that that wish may have come true with Brett Dean’s new work. The opera received thunderously positive reviews from the Glyndebourne Festival and now audiences around the world will get to weigh in with their thoughts when the opera is streamed online on July 6, 2017. The {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival 2018 Announces Cinema & Live Stream Schedule

Samantha Hankey Wins Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018

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How to Tune In For Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018 Semifinals & Final

24 Singers Make Up Semi-Finalists For Glyndebourne Opera Cup

Glyndebourne General Director Steps Down

James Newby Wins Prestigious Award At Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne Festivals Announces 2018 Casting

Critically Acclaimed ‘Hamlet’ To Be Live Streamed From Glyndebourne Festival