Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018
Glamour and artistry meet at Glyndebourne, so stand by to get booking...
Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Puccini's ravishing opera Madama Butterfly opens the season. It's the heartbreaking story of a young Japanese woman married on a whim by an American naval officer and abandoned by him. With its fragrant Japanese setting and soaring melodies, it is one of the most loved operas in the repertoire.
Read more ...Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
In Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, the ‘rose chevalier’ of the title pledges everlasting love to an older woman, but she knows it is time for their relationship to end. Romance and comedy are bound together by Strauss's ravishing music.
Read more ...Handel's Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
When the rulers of warring Egypt and Rome fall in love, the prospects for peace are much improved, but there are many slips and resolutions on the way in Handel’s ornate opera Giulio Cesare. This sassy Glyndebourne production has all the pizzazz of a Bollywood musical.
Read more ...Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
When two brothers fall in love with the same melancholy young woman, there can be no happy ending. But in this new production of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, marking the composer's centenary year, you'll be won over by the beauty of the music.
Read more ...Handel's Saul, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
The Australian director Barrie Kosky burst on to the elegant scene of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2015 with his action-packed jamboree Saul, which won rave reviews and many awards. Now it's back with all its razzmatazz.
Read more ...Samuel Barber's Vanessa, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
A woman jilted by her lover waits in a dark mansion house for his return. Years later, she mistakes the man's son for her former lover; but the son is interested in a younger woman. Samuel Barber's psychologically complex opera is staged at Glyndebourne for the first time.
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