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Londres‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from GlyndebourneVersion semi-scénique

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rachel Willis-Sørensen; David Butt Philip; Samantha Hankey

GlyndebourneAriadne auf NaxosNouvelle production

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Laurent Pelly; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; London Philharmonic Orchestra

GlyndebourneL’OrfeoNouvelle production

Krystian Adam (Orfeo) and ensemble © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orphée), SV318
Jonathan Cohen; William Kentridge; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Sabine Theunissen; Greta Goiris; Urs Schönebaum; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

GlyndebourneBilly Budd

Thomas Mole (Billy Budd) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Britten: Billy Budd
Nicholas Carter; Michael Grandage; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Christopher Oram; Paule Constable; London Philharmonic Orchestra

GlyndebourneDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (L'Enlèvement au sérail)
Evan Rogister; Sir David McVicar; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Vicki Mortimer; Paule Constable; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

GlyndebourneToscaNouvelle production

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Puccini: Tosca
Jordan de Souza; Ted Huffman; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Nadja Sofie Eller; Astrid Klein; DM Wood; London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Passion without the fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Pelly’s low-level intervention leaves the audience marooned at the end of his new production of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s operatic divertissement

Billy Budd makes a welcome return to Glyndebourne

Thomas Mole (Billy Budd) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Michael Grandage’s production shows no signs of age, with fine central performances from Thomas Mole, Allan Clayton and Sam Carl, and fine playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Krystian Adam (Orfeo) and ensemble © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio, 

A deli-cious revival of Rossini’s Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne

Matteo Mancini (Prosdocimo) and Rodion Pogossov (Don Geronio) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: ASH
Mariame Clément’s production of Rossini's meta comedy is tightly revived with some excellent singing. Come for the writing tips, stay for the cured meats.

Glyndebourne’s first Tosca: vocally strong but imperfect

Caitlin Gotimer (Tosca) and Matteo Lippi (Cavaradossi) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Richard Hubert Smith
Ted Huffman brings some interesting ideas to his first Glyndebourne production. Excellent singing is let down by indifferent physical acting.

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Rachael Wilson (Varvara) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates. 
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Katrin Röver and Jennifer Davis in Leonore at the Wiener Staatsoper © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
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