| Glyndebourne Festival - Vanessa Reviews | 17 April 2024 |
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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 |
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.
Production details
Cast
Bell, Verrez, Plowright, Montvidas, Albert, Thomas, Kudriasovas
(c) Hrusa/McFall (d) Warner
Performance dates
5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26 August 2018
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