Tristan und Isolde Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes A German critic once truly opined that, in Tristan und Isolde, ‘on the stage walk sounds, not people’. Wagner was desperate to realise through...Read More
Giulio Cesare Glyndebourne Festival Opera, West Sussex When director David McVicar unveiled his production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne in 2005, the effect was seismic. How dare he turn...Read More
Die Zauberflöte, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes In his pre-show sales pitch the French-Canadian director-choreographer Renaud Doucet has announced, with a foot-stamping petulance one more usuall...Read More
Pelléas et Mélisande, Glyndebourne Festival Opera The lost souls of Pelléas et Mélisande inhabit a castle; their drama takes place in a forest by the sea. Director Stefan Herheim initially toyed w...Read More
Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival Opera With its plum roles for the castrato Senesino and the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, Handel’s Giulio Cesare enjoyed huge success when it opened in 1724; no oth...Read More