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In the Market for LoveGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Ópera en tiempos de COVID : regreso a Glyndebourne |
 6 Nov 20 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The sheer joy of performing; Offenbach's frothy market-set operetta is a first for Glyndebourne |
| 19 Oct 20 / Planet Hugill |
A silly but delightful staging of Mesdames de la Halle is an Offen-ready treat |
| 18 Oct 20 / The Observer |
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First-rate singers elevate flimsy one-acter |
| 13 Oct 20 / The Guardian |
Operetta is back at Glyndebourne |
| 13 Oct 20 / Bachtrack |
Die ZauberflöteGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Glyndebourne in the pandemic proves that opera doesn’t need stuffy rituals |
| 4 Nov 20 / New Statesman |
Deeply moving light in darkness |
| 3 Nov 20 / The Arts Desk |
RigolettoGlyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne on TourNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Strong vocal performances are overshadowed by a series of strange and irrelevant directorial choices |
| 8 Dec 19 / The Reviews Hub |
Rigoletto past, present and future: a muddled production by Christiane Lutz for Glyndebourne Touring Opera |
| 11 Nov 19 / Opera Today |
Not so much three stars as four-and-a-half stars for the performance and one-and-a-half for the production |
| 20 Oct 19 / Express |
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Verdi holds his own in a concept-laden Rigoletto |
| 20 Oct 19 / The Observer |
Christiane Lutz casts Rigoletto into the limelight as Charlie Chaplin |
| 19 Oct 19 / Bachtrack |
Add baby, remove bathwater |
| 15 Oct 19 / The Critics' Circle |
Christine Lutz' time-travelling and exposé of power and sexual abuse exerts a grip, but her concept can be hard work |
| 14 Oct 19 / Classical Source |
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Vuvu Mpofu taught herself to sing by copying divas on DVDs
South African-born soprano Vuvu Mpofu overcame poverty, bereavement and knife crime to win a major role at Glyndebourne.
South African-born soprano Vuvu Mpofu overcame poverty, bereavement and knife crime to win a major role at Glyndebourne.
RinaldoGlyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne on TourNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Rinaldo through the looking-glass |
| 11 Nov 19 / Opera Today |
Diverting but hollow production of Handel’s opera |
| 1 Nov 19 / The Stage |
The evening captivates for its theatricality |
| 29 Oct 19 / Classical Source |
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Rinaldo revived: Glyndebourne tours its school-based Handel opera |
| 29 Oct 19 / Bachtrack |
L'elisir d'amoreGlyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne on TourNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Potent potion |
| 10 Nov 19 / The Critics' Circle |
Sun, sex and suspicious potions: L'elisir d'amore on the Glyndbourne Tour |
| 16 Oct 19 / Bachtrack |
The comic and poignant twists and turns of love and fate are superbly brought to life in Arden’s production |
| 15 Oct 19 / Classical Source |
RinaldoGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Polish countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski gave an excellent performance in the title role |
| 19 Aug 19 / Express |
Juvenile japes and kinkiness in light-hearted but sharp Glyndebourne revival |
| 15 Aug 19 / Evening Standard |
Rinaldo vence por goleada |
| 15 Aug 19 / Ópera Actual |
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Glyndebourne’s ‘Rinaldo’ beds in brilliantly |
| 15 Aug 19 / Michael Church's blog |
Exceptional cast and conductor |
| 10 Aug 19 / The Stage |
More work needed from the boyishly handsome, breakdancing counter-tenor |
| 10 Aug 19 / Telegraph |
Stale stereotypes abound in a production that’s a bit past its sell by date |
| 10 Aug 19 / The Arts Desk |
Jolly hockey sticks! Orliński rules as Rinaldo at Glyndebourne |
| 10 Aug 19 / Bachtrack |
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Breakdancing opera singer steps in at Glyndebourne
Jakub Jozef Orlinski, a breakdancing opera singer will replace Elizabeth DeShong in Glyndebourne Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo after she pulled out "for personal reasons".
Jakub Jozef Orlinski, a breakdancing opera singer will replace Elizabeth DeShong in Glyndebourne Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo after she pulled out "for personal reasons".
CendrillonGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Une Cendrillon réussie |
| 9 Aug 19 / Anaclase |
There is a queer opera at Glyndebourne and this is why it’s important |
| 20 Jul 19 / Gay Star News |
The entire evening sparkles with magic |
| 21 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
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Mais de féerie, guère |
| 13 Jun 19 / Forum Opéra |
Glyndebourne’s Cendrillon is memorable in every way |
| 12 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard |
All the leading cast members give excellent performances |
| 11 Jun 19 / Express |
Cinders goes to the ball in fine voice at Glyndebourne |
| 11 Jun 19 / Evening Standard |
A touching production with a short supply of really fine singing |
| 10 Jun 19 / Telegraph |
Danielle de Niese is a sweet Cendrillon with genuine presence |
| 10 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
Cinders on the couch: Freudian Cendrillon at Glyndebourne |
| 10 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
Die ZauberflöteGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Glyndebourne’s new Die Zauberflöte misfires, despite an excellent cast |
| 24 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
Sheer lunacy |
| 23 Jul 19 / Express |
The show breaks free of director Renaud Doucet’s contrived, PC rewrites |
| 23 Jul 19 / Independent |
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Glyndebourne show spikes sexist perceptions |
| 23 Jul 19 / Evening Standard |
Kitchen sunk drama |
| 23 Jul 19 / The Critics' Circle |
This magical, witty, irreverent production updates the action and politics to 1900s Vienna but still strikes some wrong notes |
| 20 Jul 19 / The Guardian |
A meaningless, tasteless, pointless, gimmicky mish-mash |
| 20 Jul 19 / Telegraph |
A highly imaginative affair, chock-full of spectacle with keen attention to detail |
| 20 Jul 19 / Classical Source |
There’s some fine singing to paper over the cracks in the concept |
| 20 Jul 19 / Opera Today |
A mixed bag of paper cut-outs |
| 20 Jul 19 / Bachtrack |
RusalkaGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 5 | |
How to stage magic: Glyndebourne's Rusalka |
| 6 Jul 19 / Bachtrack |
A glorious performance of an outstanding production of a powerful opera |
| 3 Jul 19 / Express |
Whimsy, raunch and brutality |
| 3 Jul 19 / The Stage |
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As rewarding an operatic evening as you’ll find anywhere this season |
| 2 Jul 19 / Music OMH |
Melly Still’s 2009 production plays to the rule ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ |
| 1 Jul 19 / Classical Source |
Il barbiere di SivigliaGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Hera Hyesang Park leads a wonderful cast in an engaging rendition of classic work |
| 24 Jun 19 / OperaWire |
This production has lost its way |
| 29 May 19 / Independent |
Almaviva was brilliantly played by the young South African tenor Levy Sekgapane |
| 23 May 19 / Express |
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Laughter returns to Seville: a sparkling Barbiere revival at Glyndebourne |
| 22 May 19 / Bachtrack |
The performance showcases some exceptional young talent |
| 21 May 19 / Classical Source |
Laughter returns to Seville: a sparkling Barbiere revival at Glyndebourne |
| 21 May 19 / Bachtrack |
La Damnation de FaustGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 16 | |
Berlioz rural |
| 19 Jun 19 / Olyrix |
A quand les Troyens? |
| 13 Jun 19 / Forum Opéra |
Byway to hell |
| 29 May 19 / The Critics' Circle |
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The Devil gets the last laugh in the opening opera of the Glyndebourne season |
| 29 May 19 / The Article |
Fausto se condena sólo víctima de su propia imbecilidad |
| 28 May 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Berlioz is underdone at Glyndebourne |
| 27 May 19 / The Observer |
The kind of profoundly mediocre night you wish Berlioz the critic had been around to demolish |
| 24 May 19 / The Spectator |
Turning an oratorio into an opera demands much more than dressing the chorus up as devils, sitting in a gallery |
| 22 May 19 / Express |
Glyndebourne fails to make the case for staging La Damnation de Faust |
| 22 May 19 / Seen and Heard |
Glyndebourne presents Richard Jones's new staging of La damnation de Faust |
| 22 May 19 / Opera Today |
The warp and weft of the staging is a stunning amalgam of sound and vision |
| 21 May 19 / Independent |
Musically, there was much to savour |
| 21 May 19 / Music OMH |
Problematic staging fails to convince |
| 21 May 19 / The Stage |
The London Philharmonic spares nothing in terms of Berliozian style and glamour |
| 20 May 19 / Classical Source |
Seductive, beguiling and sinister |
| 20 May 19 / The Guardian |
Diabolus vincit omnia: Purves' Mephisto dominates Berlioz' La damnation de Faust at Glyndebourne |
| 20 May 19 / Bachtrack |
La TraviataGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 6 | |
An excellent production of one of the greatest operas |
| 29 Nov 18 / About Milton Keynes |
Mané Galoyan’s Violetta was, appropriately, the star of the show |
| 23 Oct 18 / Music OMH |
In the title role, the Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan is a real find |
| 18 Oct 18 / Express |
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Curiously uninvolving |
| 17 Oct 18 / The Stage |
Mané Galoyan steals the show in a Traviata for our age |
| 15 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
Making her Glyndebourne debut as Violetta, Mané Galoyan is a real find |
| 14 Oct 18 / Classical Source |
CendrillonGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Cendrillon gives Fiona Shaw an opportunity to take a long, hard look at the Cinderella story |
| 5 Nov 18 / The Observer |
Imaginative direction from Fiona Shaw even manages to avoid the tedium of the long ballet sequences in Massenet’s score |
| 18 Oct 18 / Express |
Cendrillon is a Glyndebourne success and a revelation in repertoire |
| 16 Oct 18 / Seen and Heard |
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Cinderella entrances her gender-fluid Prince |
| 16 Oct 18 / The Guardian |
Massenet’s work becomes a complex modern-day fairytale |
| 16 Oct 18 / The Times |
Overwrought and over-thought |
| 15 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
The production is a delight |
| 15 Oct 18 / Music OMH |
A gender-fluid Cinderella concoction of sparkle and charm |
| 15 Oct 18 / Telegraph |
The predominantly female singers are strongly cast |
| 14 Oct 18 / Classical Source |
VanessaGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 22 | |
An excellent performance of an entertaining and superbly constructed opera |
| 20 Sep 18 / Opera Journal |
Un engendro llamado Vanessa |
| 27 Aug 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Ibsen meets Puccini |
| 13 Aug 18 / Klassik Info |
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Barber’s eclectic score is a gift to the sopranos |
| 13 Aug 18 / Express |
After decades of neglect, Samuel Barber’s Vanessa makes a dramatic entrance |
| 12 Aug 18 / The Sunday Times |
Competent but lacks the extra class |
| 11 Aug 18 / Express |
A superb production at Glyndebourne of Barber’s unjustly neglected Vanessa |
| 10 Aug 18 / Seen and Heard |
Barber's mysterious "Vanessa" enthrals at Glyndebourne |
| 10 Aug 18 / euronews |
Warner’s production emphasises the claustrophobic and noirish aspects of the story |
| 9 Aug 18 / Music OMH |
Barber's opera finds its time with intelligent, gripping staging |
| 8 Aug 18 / The Guardian |
Keith Warner’s production evokes the mystery and repressed sensuality of this intriguing work |
| 8 Aug 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Keith Warner's Glyndebourne production exposes truths and tragedies |
| 8 Aug 18 / Opera Today |
Le miroir s'argenta |
| 8 Aug 18 / Forum Opéra |
Repression in a cold climate |
| 7 Aug 18 / Bachtrack |
Worth the wait for this winningly performed production |
| 7 Aug 18 / Independent |
Probing and spectacular |
| 7 Aug 18 / The Stage |
Glyndebourne: a solid production can't hide the charmlessness of Barber's opera |
| 7 Aug 18 / Telegraph |
Glyndebourne presents the first fully professional UK staging of Barber's romantic opera |
| 7 Aug 18 / What's on Stage |
It’s hard to imagine the opera being more sympathetically treated |
| 6 Aug 18 / Classical Source |
Blowsy histrionics and a great finale |
| 6 Aug 18 / The Arts Desk |
Glyndebourne’s magnificent production makes the strongest possible case for Vanessa |
| 6 Aug 18 / Evening Standard |
Gripping psychodrama with a nod to Hitchcock |
| 6 Aug 18 / Planet Hugill |
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Vanessa: from Pulitzer to obscurity… and beyond
The prize-winning opera fell out of favour. Now it is getting a second chance at Glyndebourne.
The prize-winning opera fell out of favour. Now it is getting a second chance at Glyndebourne.
Madama ButterflyGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 16 | |
You'd need to be made of stone to get through Act III unmoved here |
| 13 Sep 18 / Opera Journal |
Glyndebourne is sunny yet unrewarding |
| 3 Jun 18 / The Sunday Times |
The summer opera season kicks off with Annilese Miskimmon’s perceptive staging of Puccini’s heartbreaker |
| 28 May 18 / The Observer |
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Much is routine – and a fair amount is worse |
| 24 May 18 / The Spectator |
A super start to the 2018 season |
| 24 May 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
The undoubted glory of the evening was the orchestral playing by the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 22 May 18 / Music OMH |
The UK's premier summer festival opens its season with Puccini's beloved tear-jerker |
| 21 May 18 / What's on Stage |
Tears on the picnic lawn: Madama Butterfly makes her bow at the Glyndebourne Festival |
| 21 May 18 / Bachtrack |
Excellent performances |
| 21 May 18 / The Stage |
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018 opens with Annilese Miskimmon's Madama Butterfly |
| 21 May 18 / Opera Today |
An impressive opening night Butterfly at the 2018 Glyndebourne Festival |
| 21 May 18 / Seen and Heard |
A breathtaking Butterfly, but Richard Jones goes overboard on the gags |
| 21 May 18 / Independent |
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The heartless GIs who inspired Madame Butterfly
A new production of the opera at Glyndebourne is set in post-war Japan.
A new production of the opera at Glyndebourne is set in post-war Japan.
Sex, betrayal, suicide
is Madama Butterfly too sordid to stage today?
is Madama Butterfly too sordid to stage today?
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News & Articles
| Glyndebourne Festival announces revised 2021 season |
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced a revised 2021 season that will run from May 20 to August 29. |
| 18 Feb 2021 / OperaWire |
| Glyndebourne announces concert / streaming slate for December 2020 |
Glyndebourne is set to present a number of unique showcases for the holiday season. |
| 29 Nov 2020 / OperaWire |
| Kate Lindsey & Matthew Rose lead Glyndebourne fall 2020 performances |
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced a full program of the series of socially-distanced indoor performances that will take place in Sussex, starting October 10, 2020. |
| 12 Sep 2020 / OperaWire |
| Glyndebourne announces series of fall 2020 performances |
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced a series of socially-distanced indoor performances that will take place in Sussex, starting October 10, 2020. |
| 1 Sep 2020 / OperaWire |
| Glyndebourne has announced its 2021 season |
Kristina Mkhitaryan, Charles Castronovo, Soloman Howard, Elena Tsallagova headline Glyndebourne’s 2021 festival. |
| 1 Sep 2020 / OperaWire |
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