This revival of Michael Grandage’s atmospheric production of Britten’s opera has numerous fine performances: Thomas Mole and Sam Carl are persuasive as Billy and Claggart, and Allan Clayton’s luminous ...

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten died, and his operas are still in repertory: half a dozen of them at least. It’s a tribute ...

We go behind the scenes at rehearsals for William Kentridge’s new staging of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera l’Orfeo ...

Is Billy Budd Benjamin Britten’s greatest opera? Personally, I would go farther and say it’s not only Britten’s greatest ...

It is 75 years since Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd first appeared on stage: a collaboration between himself and novelist EM ...

A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...

Sheep graze as opera fans enjoy a champagne picnic during a 90-minute interval for Bizet’s “Carmen,“ on the opening night of the Glyndebourne opera festival in Glynde, Britain, May 16, 2024.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Uprising features Glyndebourne’s Youth Opera and Community Chorus - Richard Hubert Smith No one is too small to make a difference, ...

50% of the steel used has gone back into Glyndebourne’s stock, including the stage revolve Only 4% of costumes are new – the remainder from Glyndebourne’s existing stock or local charity shops All ...

George Christie, who inherited the mantle of caretaker of Glyndebourne, the stately English manor where he expanded beyond his family’s wildest ambitions the curious opera house his father had built, ...

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