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Jonathan Cohen; William Kentridge; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Sabine Theunissen; Greta Goiris; Urs Schönebaum; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne
One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,
The Railway Children becomes a pacy action thriller at Glyndebourne
Mark-Anthony Turnage and Rachael Hewer update Edith Nesbit’s children's novel as a spy action thriller, with an exciting score and a strong cast of singers.
The other Don Giovanni: Gazzaniga's take on the legendary lothario
It premiered in the same year as Mozart's opera, but Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni is virtually unknown. Despite the best efforts of an energetic student cast it doesn't come close to hitting the heights that Mozart and Da Ponte reached.