Uprising features Glyndebourne’s Youth Opera and Community Chorus - Richard Hubert Smith No one is too small to make a difference, says Greta Thunberg – and whatever you think of her politics, ...

A man in a bow tie is unpacking items from a small trolley. To the table set up on the manicured, now yellowing lawn he adds a white tablecloth and silver cutlery. His equally well-attired picnickers ...

Dust off your best outfit and pop the fizz – the magic of live opera is returning to Glyndebourne’s spectacular grounds (with social distancing...). Glyndebourne is staging outdoor opera this summer, ...

It’s summer on the Sussex Downs, 50 miles south of London. As the taxi makes its way from the village train station, ancient houses give way to rolling hills, sheep and, rarely for England, lots of ...

Graham Vick and William Christie make a welcome festival return with a musically flawless account of this baroque rarity An air of animal, vegetable or mineral mystery hung over the opening opera in ...

Peter Hall’s dramatically intense production of Verdi’s romantic tragedy was Glyndebourne’s first. Marie McLaughlin gave a memorable performance as the doomed courtesan Violetta. Richard Jones’ fierce ...

Glyndebourne is recognised as one of the great opera houses of the world, and its summer programme is a highlight of the British social season. Located in East Sussex just a few miles from Lewes and ...

Though nominally a revival of the 2021 production by Damiano Michieletto, this Katya Kabanova at Glyndebourne improves on the original in one major respect. In 2021, following the Covid lockdowns, it ...

At a time where our diaries are a blank space peppered by the occasional crossed-out wedding, it's nice to have an event on the horizon to look forward to. Glyndebourne has just confirmed that it will ...

In Peter Hall’s superb staging, Don Giovanni became a Byronic rake, stylishly incarnated by the dashing Thomas Allen (centre). John Piper designed Carl Ebert’s production, which was conducted by the ...

A Glyndebourne opera star fell into the orchestra pit this weekend, bringing a performance of Rusalka to a stand-still. Puerto Rican soprano Ana María Martínez reportedly landed on a cello worth tens ...

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