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Jenufa

Glyndebourne Festival

A Glyndebourne On Tour production that reaches festival standards
2 Nov 09 / Guardian Unlimited
Catch one of the operatic performances of the year
30 Oct 09 / Independent
Life goes on. The wheel turns. There is hope.
30 Oct 09 / The Stage
A Glyndebourne revival of Janáèek’s Jenùfa proves a deep pleasure
29 Oct 09 / Telegraph

Così fan tutte

Glyndebourne Festival

This Cosi revival for Glyndebourne tour was clearly a hit
1 Nov 09 / The Sunday Times
Remarkable performances from Riccardo Novaro and Simona Mihai as the two connivers
17 Oct 09 / Guardian Unlimited
Nicholas Hytner’s elegant Così fan tutte couldn’t displease anyone
17 Oct 09 / The Times

Falstaff

Glyndebourne Festival

The show just needs to loosen up
21 Oct 09 / The Times

L'elisir d'amore

Glyndebourne Festival

The magic formula
18 Sep 09 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Ainhoa Garmendia proved the real tear-jerker
3 Aug 09 / The Observer
A modest but touching performance of a modest but touching opera
27 Jul 09 / Financial Times
It is a beautifully achieved piece of work
25 Jul 09 / The Stage
Magic of Italy in L’Elisir d’Amore
25 Jul 09 / This is London
Arden's major achievement is to take the work seriously
25 Jul 09 / Guardian Unlimited
Glyndebourne's staging takes the plot's gay nonsense seriously
25 Jul 09 / Telegraph
Ainhoa Garmendia saves the show
25 Jul 09 / The Times

Rusalka

Glyndebourne Festival

The silent woman
22 Aug 09 / Mundo Clásico (English)
A magical afternoon-cum-evening at the opera
25 Jul 09 / Musical Criticism
The unreal power of opera to fly free
21 Jul 09 / Telegraph
It is a horrible mess
13 Jul 09 / The Sunday Times
Dvorak's tale of forbidden fruit in the forest is impressively sung and bewitchingly staged
13 Jul 09 / Independent on Sunday
Un "Rusalka" de tradition
10 Jul 09 / La Libre
The tragic depth of Dvorák’s music is fully plumbed
7 Jul 09 / The Times
Culinary opera at its best?
7 Jul 09 / Financial Times
Glyndebourne's new production of Dvorak's opera is magnificent
7 Jul 09 / Telegraph
An unforgettable production
7 Jul 09 / Guardian Unlimited
It’s a deeply moving experience
7 Jul 09 / The Stage
It helps to have a masterpiece as your starting point
7 Jul 09 / Independent

Tristan und Isolde

Glyndebourne Festival

A wonderful experience and a great evening at the opera
18 Aug 09 / Musical Criticism
Welcome back Tristan und Isolde
11 Aug 09 / This is London
The passion flaring from the pit is matched by most on the stage
11 Aug 09 / The Times
Nothing is beyond Glyndebourne at the moment
10 Aug 09 / Financial Times
The prominently German cast is superb
9 Aug 09 / The Observer
A storming Isolde from Anja Kampe
8 Aug 09 / Independent
Kampe's singing has wonderful musicality
8 Aug 09 / Guardian Unlimited
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Jenufa
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Così fan tutte
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Tristan und Isolde
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L'elisir d'amore
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Articles about Glyndebourne Festival

Glyndebourne Festival Opera announces 2010 summer season

First-ever Billy Budd; operatic debut for celebrated British theatre director Michael Grandage.
15 Sep 2009 / Musical Criticism

Dramatic dash to debut by soprano

Welsh soprano Natalya Romaniw made a dramatic journey to her unexpected debut at the Glyndebourne Festival when the show's star fell off the stage.
25 Aug 2009 / BBC News

Opera singer injured in fall into orchestra pit

An award-winning opera singer, Ana Maria Martinez, was taken to hospital after falling into the orchestra pit during a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival.
23 Aug 2009 / Telegraph

Glyndebourne has many charms – and the opera’s good, too

Rampant rabbits take over Sussex beauty spot. No, this is not an extra chapter in Watership Down, but my interpretation of Glyndebourne’s staging of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
25 Jul 2009 / Financial Times

Oper in Zeiten der Finanzkrise

Die Finanzkrise verschont die Künste nicht. Selbst das private und wohldotierte Glyndebourne Opera Festival bekommt die Folgen zu spüren - die Qualität sinkt hörbar.
22 Jul 2009 / Klassik Info
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