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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced its 2023 slate. New Productions Kicking off the proceedings will be a new production of “Don Giovanni” starring baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Don Giovanni, Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva as Donna Anna, and Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan as Donna Elvira. Mariame Clément directs with Evan Rogister conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performance Dates: {…}
Glyndebourne has announced that Richard Davidson-Houston as its Managing Director. Davidson-Houston, who has served as the company’s Director for Audience Development and Media over the last two years, will work alongside Artistic Director Stephen Langridge in pursuing the company’s artistic goals. He will take over for Sarah Hopwood, who is set to retire from her role after 25 years with {…}
(Credit: Gianfranco Rota) Francesco Micheli is set to make history by becoming the fourth Italian director to stage a new opera production in the 88-year-long history of the Glyndebourne Festival. Micheli will make his debut at the 2022 edition of the Festival, staging Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Alcina.” He follows such Italian directors as Damiano Michieletto, Franco Enriquez, and Franco Zeffirelli {…}
The Glyndebourne Tour is set to return in 2022 with opera productions and a series of concert performances of famed choral work. The company will present Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” in Michael Grandage’s 2012 production as well as a new production of Puccini’s seminal “La Bohème,” as directed by Floris Visser. There will also be performances of Mozart’s famed {…}
On Feb. 25, 2022, Glyndebourne will present the world premiere “Pay the Piper,” the first youth opera, composed exclusively in a program developed for female composers, to help address the underrepresentation of female creators in classical music. The opera marks the first time that Glyndebourne commissions a new work from more than one composer. Anna Appleby, Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Cecilia Livingston, {…}