A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Johanna Wallroth (Susanna) and Michael Nagl (Figaro)

Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina), Johanna Wallroth (Susanna) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Louise Alder (Countess) and Huw Montague Rendall (Count Almaviva)

Louise Alder (Countess) and Adèle Charvet (Cherubino)

Par Dominic Lowe, 30 juin 2025

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“Louise Alder’s Rosina was a study in still melancholy”

Critique faite à Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, le 29 juin 2025

Mozart, Les Noces de Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Riccardo Minasi, Direction

Mariame Clément, Mise en scène

Julia Hansen, Décors, Costumes

Paule Constable, Lumières

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Michael Nagl, Figaro

Johanna Wallroth, Suzanne (Susanna)

Huw Montague Rendall, le Comte Almaviva

Louise Alder, la Comtesse Almaviva

Adèle Charvet, Chérubin (Cherubino)

Alessandro Corbelli, le docteur Bartolo

Madeleine Shaw, Marceline (Marcellina)

Ru Charlesworth, Don Basilio

Vincent Ordonneau, Don Curzio

Elisabeth Boudreault, Barberine (Barbarina)

Alexander Vassiliev, Antonio

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Mark Valencia, 3rd August

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.

***11

All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne

Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh.

***11

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal

Peter Quantrill, 17th May

Compelling singers carry the day in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's first staging of Wagner’s swansong.

****1

Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville

David Karlin, 16th May

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

*****

Philosophy trumps passion in Glyndebourne’s Tristan

Dominic Lowe, 29th July

Magnificent conducting from Robin Ticciati and fine singers make Glyndebourne's latest revival of Lehnhoff’s production musically rewarding, but cerebral philosophical elevation overpowers the earthy reality of lust and love.

***11

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Visually stunning, psychologically unnerving: a strong new Figaro at Glyndebourne