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GlyndebourneBilly Budd

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Britten: Billy Budd
Nicholas Carter; Michael Grandage; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Christopher Oram; Paule Constable; London Philharmonic Orchestra

GlyndebourneToscaNew 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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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.
***11
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Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Nils Wanderer (Oberon) and Jennifer France (Tytania) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Sir Peter Hall's classic staging of Britten's Shakespearean comedy nears a landmark moment in Glyndebourne’s autumn season. 
****1
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Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Sam Carl (Leporello) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne. 
***11
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Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne

Les Mamelles de Tirésias © Glyndebourne Festival | Bill Cooper
With Laurent Pelly directing, a very French evening sees a veritable feat of singing from Stéphanie d'Oustrac in La Voix humaine, followed by riotous surrealism in Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
****1
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