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The Merry Widow is on stage at Glyndebourne until 28 July - book now!
@Danielledeniese
leads a stellar cast in this laugh-out-loud classic, which is sure to put a smile on your face as it spins around the glittering ballrooms of 1900s Paris.
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Well I’ll be Damed...
@wmarybeard
came to see
@spconnolly
in the opening night of Giulio Cesare. Here they are backstage in front of Pompey’s head
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Glyndebourne regrets to announce that it will no longer be able to tour as planned in 2023, following a reduction to its Arts Council England (ACE) funding for touring and its learning and engagement work.
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We call on
@ace_national
and
@HENLEYDARREN
to develop an opera strategy, in conversation with audiences and our colleagues across the industry -
@RoyalOperaHouse
,
@Opera_North
,
@E_N_O
,
@ETOpera
and
@WNOtweet
.
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🏆 There were smiles all round in our Old Green Room last night, as Gus Christie and Stephen Langridge delivered Dame Janet Baker's Lifetime Achievement award, which they picked up for her at the last
@theoperaawards
in Madrid.
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We've had lots of requests for a clip of Sarah Connolly's wonderful performance in Handel's Giulio Cesare. Here is 'Va tacito', and a longer version is here:
Keep letting us know which Glyndebourne moments you'd like to see!
@spconnolly
@theoae
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We’re delighted that on 1 July our grounds will reopen for a shortened summer season, starting with Open Gardens and then, in mid-July, musical performances. Find out more:
Photo: Clive Nichols
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We are delighted to announce that Stephen Langridge has been appointed Artistic Director of Glyndebourne.
Stephen is currently Director for Opera and Drama at Gothenburg Opera, Sweden. He will take up his new role at Glyndebourne in spring 2019.
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We were delighted to welcome Cate Blanchett for a visit to Glyndebourne this weekend, pictured here with Sally Matthews, who is currently starring in Dialogues des Carmélites.
Photo:
@ArtistsOWL
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Gus Christie and Danielle de Niese are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of a daughter, the first baby girl at Glyndebourne in 54 years. Sheherazade Mary Christabel Christie, sister to Bacchus, was born on 13 November at 9.24pm, weighing 7lbs 13oz (3.5kg). All are well.
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Bollywood meets baroque in David McVicar’s legendary staging of Giulio Cesare, available to watch for free on our YouTube channel from Sunday 9 August at 5.00pm
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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We’ll be sharing videos of some of the best Glyndebourne moments over the coming weeks from our extensive back catalogue - something we hope you will enjoy during these difficult times.
We start with Björn Bürger performing 'Largo al factotum' from Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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A gorgeous sunrise over the Glyndebourne lake, photo by Peter Thomas from our security team 😍
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Sunrise at Glyndebourne. We hope you are all safe and well, and that we can welcome you back to Glyndebourne as soon as possible.
Photo: Gus Christie
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We are very pleased to announce our first indoor performances since lockdown - a series of socially distanced productions will start on 10 October.
Find out more:
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🦔 This little fellow appeared outside our box office yesterday. Hedgehogs really should be hibernating at this time of year, so our friends at East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance (
@eastsussexwras
) came to pick the hedgehog up and look after it!
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Our production of
#Mozart
's Die Entführung aus dem Serail is now available to watch FOR FREE on OperaVision. Watch now:
We are currently exploring different ways that we can share opera with you in the coming months and hope to have more details soon.
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Members of Glyndebourne's costume teams are volunteering their time to produce scrubs and other items for the NHS. They hope to produce around 500 sets of scrubs for NHS Sussex Trusts. Some of the volunteers are making masks for
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One wedding. One marriage on the rocks. One scheme. One day.
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
kicks off with Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at 5.00pm on Sunday 24 May!
The opera will be available to watch for 7 days on our YouTube channel.
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Glyndebourne has been transformed into a winter wonderland ❄️❄️❄️
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❄️ A beautiful frosty morning at Glyndebourne❄️
Photos: Geoff Wicks
#Glyndebourne
#NoOrdinaryOpera
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Glyndebourne is looking gorgeous in the sunshine today and we can't wait to welcome you all back this summer.
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We’re pleased to announce that Festival 2021 will run from 20 May until 29 August, with some small changes to our previously published plans.
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We're delighted to announce that Ben Glassberg has been appointed Principal Conductor of the Glyndebourne Tour:
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Congratulations to Allan Clayton for winning
@WOSOpera
's 'Outstanding Achievement In An Operatic Role' award for his incredible performance in
@brettdeanmusic
's
#HamletOpera
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David Hockney takes a bow with The Rake's Progress team at last night's final dress rehearsal 😍
The production is a living work of art and we can't wait for opening night tomorrow!
📷Graham Carlow
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Sarah Connolly and Joélle Harvey in rehearsals for Giulio Cesare, which opens on 10 June. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
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Saul, between the acts... Members of the Glyndebourne Chorus relaxing in the gardens during a break in Saul rehearsals in 2015. Our current revival of Saul is on stage until 25 August.
Photo: Sam Stephenson.
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We are very pleased to announce that the final opera in our
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
season will be our biggest production ever - Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
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We're very pleased to announce that Giulio Cesare will be available to watch for free on YouTube as part of
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
:
Available now: The Barber of Seville
26 Jul - 2 Aug: Falstaff
2 - 9 Aug: The Rake's Progress
9 - 16 Aug: Giulio Cesare
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Today's great Glyndebourne moment is another highlight from our classic production of Giulio Cesare.
@Danielledeniese
performs the unforgettable 'Da tempeste il legno infranto' - these dance moves could help keep you active during lockdown! 🕺
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Today's great Glyndebourne moment is ‘Soave sia il vento’ from
#Mozart
's Cosí fan tutte. This is the point in the opera where the humour, parody and excess all fall away, leaving behind the simplest musical beauty.
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Despite all the barriers we’ve faced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been an extraordinary summer. We’ve been filming a documentary that captures the challenges we’ve faced, and here's a little taster. The full documentary will be released later this year.
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A new acquisition for our Archive's collection!
This is a first edition of Mozart’s score for Così fan tutte.
The score has been well cared for and was previously owned by Sir Nicholas ‘Miki’ Sekers. It was kindly donated to our Archive by David and Simone Sekers.
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Here's a little taster of Giulio Cesare -
@spconnolly
's wonderful performance of 'Va tacito'. The opera will be available to watch for free on our YouTube channel from Sunday.
You can watch a longer version of 'Va tacito' here:
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There's just one day to go until our socially-distanced autumn performances begin, and our wonderful Front of House team can't wait to welcome you back to the auditorium!
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We are delighted to announce the six finalists of the Glyndebourne
#OperaCup
2020!
Siphokazi Molteno (South Africa)
Sungho Kim (South Korea)
Alexandra Lowe (UK)
Eric Ferring (USA)
Meigui Zhang (China)
Edward Nelson (USA)
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Congratulations to mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey, the winner of the Glyndebourne
#OperaCup
2018!
Sebastian F Schwarz, chair of the jury: ‘She had amazing stage presence, wonderful musicality, a beautiful voice.’
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Festival 2019 is now open! We can't wait to welcome you all for a summer of exceptional opera.
Book now at
Photos: James Bellorini
#Glyndebourne
#NoOrdinaryOpera
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The curtain has now gone up on Vanessa, Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera.
Vanessa is on stage until Sunday 26 August. See more photos here:
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We're celebrating last night's Government announcement that it's safe to resume (socially distanced) indoor performances next week. Festival 2021 is ON!
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Watch Mozart's Così fan tutte for free on YouTube now!
Let us know what you think - join the conversation with the hashtag
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd is a heart-breaking psychological study of good and evil and the many human shades of grey that lie between.
The opera will be available to watch for free on our YouTube channel from Sunday 12 July at 5.00pm.
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Opera returns to Glyndebourne! Today we premiered our outdoor, socially distanced production of In the Market for Love - the first opera to be performed to a live audience in the UK since March!
Photos: Richard Hubert Smith
See more here:
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We would like to express our relief and gratitude at the government’s newly announced relief package for the Arts. Sadly, this financial help is now essential for the survival of the UK’s gloriously varied and world-renowned arts sector. It is very welcome indeed.
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This week's Peaceful Moment is 'Waly Waly' performed by Dame Felicity Lott. We hope that these intimate musical miniatures calm the soul and provide a tranquil moment in your week.
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Remembering our magical production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream on
#WorldSleepDay
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We are very sad to announce that Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
Read a statement from our Executive Chairman Gus Christie, and find out how you can help us to support our artists and staff, and secure Glyndebourne's future:
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You can watch Hamlet on demand, for free, on our website until 11.59pm on Thursday 13 July
#HamletOpera
💀👑⚔️
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We’re back! We’ve been overjoyed to welcome the cast of our first Festival 2021 productions to Glyndebourne this week, for the kick off of our socially distanced rehearsals.
Say hello to the Il turco in Italia company!
Photo: James Bellorini
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Today is
#DavidHockney
’s birthday - what better day to announce that we’ll be streaming The Rake’s Progress, designed by the man himself, from Sunday 2 August!
The opera will be available to watch on our YouTube channel for 7 days as part of
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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Today would have been
#BrightonPride
2020, and we want to take this opportunity to proudly recognise and celebrate the contribution our LGBTQ+ staff, artists, members, supporters and audiences make to Glyndebourne 🏳️🌈
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We are supporting the
#SaveStageLighting
campaign against new EU regulations which will severely impact our ability to light our shows. Theatres and opera houses in the UK and Europe are showing their support by lighting up their fly towers - LightUp! to
#SaveStageLighting
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❄ It's a beautiful frosty morning at Glyndebourne today ❄
Photos: Sarah Young
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While the rest of us enjoy a picnic and the gardens during the dining interval at Glyndebourne, the
@LPOrchestra
head for the hills! Watch our new video to see if we managed to keep up with them...
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It's been an exceptional summer of opera. Thank you to all who joined us, we hope you loved it as much as we did💕
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Watch Mozart's Don Giovanni for free on YouTube now! 🎶
Let us know what you think - join the conversation with the hashtag
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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Giulio Cesare is available to watch for free on our YouTube channel now!
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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🎶 Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! 🎶
Here's a taster of The Barber of Seville, which will available to watch for free on our YouTube channel from Sunday!
'Largo al factotum' is performed by Björn Bürger with the
@LPOrchestra
, conducted by
@EnriqueMazzola
.
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It was such a joy to celebrate the return of the Festival with you all this summer!
Thank you for joining us - see you next year.
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Very sad to hear of the death of the legendary Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé. Her first appearance in Britain was as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the 1965 Glyndebourne Festival. A recording of her notable performance was released on the Glyndebourne Label in 2011.
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It was an amazing experience to see the powerful Dialogues des Carmélites on stage at the
@bbcproms
last night, with the Festival cast performing with the
@LPOrchestra
, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
📻 Listen again on BBC Sounds:
📷 Sisi Burn
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We're very pleased to announce two more operas for
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
Sunday 14 June - Vanessa (recorded in 2018)
Sunday 21 June - Rinaldo (recorded in 2011)
Both will be available to watch for free on our YouTube channel for 7 days 🎶
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We're very pleased to announce that
@brettdeanmusic
's Hamlet and Purcell's The Fairy Queen will available for free on our YouTube channel this August:
2-9 Aug - The Rake's Progress
9-16 Aug - Giulio Cesare
16-23 Aug - Hamlet
23-30 Aug - The Fairy Queen
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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Opera lovers rejoice!
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
returns next Sunday with a free stream of Mozart's Così fan tutte!
The opera will be available to watch on demand for 2 weeks.
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Our Head Gardener, Kevin Martin, captured this beautiful sunrise over the Glyndebourne lake this morning 😍
#Glyndebourne
#NoOrdinaryOpera
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The Glyndebourne gardens are awash with beautiful spring colours right now 💐
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We are very sad to report that Lady Mary Christie has died. Gus Christie, our Executive Chairman, says 'My mother's devotion to Glyndebourne, and in particular her love of the gardens, has enriched the lives of so many of us.'
Read more:
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This is great news!
Government says outdoor performances will be able to begin this week
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We're so delighted that
@brettdeanmusic
's
#HamletOpera
has won the International Opera Award for World Premiere of the Year
#OperaAwards2018
The
#OperaAwards2018
World Premiere of the Year is...
@brettdeanmusic
's Hamlet from
@glyndebourne
, starring
@fatboyclayton
@HanniganBarbara
@spconnolly
and conducted by our Conductor of the Year, Vladimir Jurowski.
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There's just one week to go until
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
kicks off with The Marriage of Figaro! Make Sunday evenings your moment of escape and let opera free us from our isolation, if only for a few hours.
The opera will be available to watch for 7 days on our YouTube channel.
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Our Box Office team were in bright and early on Saturday and captured this beautiful sunrise over the lake 😍
#Glyndebourne
#NoOrdinaryOpera
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We're enjoying a glorious taste of summer today at Glyndebourne 😎
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We’re delighted to announce Balancing the Score, a new development scheme for female composers:
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A fantastic opening performance for our series of Garden Concerts.
The auditorium may be silent but our gardens have never been more full of music 🎶
Photos:
@BelloriniJames
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Nicholas Jenkins has been appointed the new Chorus Master of Glyndebourne.
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Hamlet will be shown on
@BBCFOUR
this autumn, another chance to see 'the operatic event of the year' (Sunday Times)
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Congratulations to Barrie Kosky for winning Best Director at the
#OperaAwards2023
for his work this year, including our acclaimed production of Dialogues des Carmélites.
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We are very pleased to announce that
@AdamHickox1
has been appointed as Principal Conductor of Glyndebourne Sinfonia.
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We were so delighted to welcome visitors back to Glyndebourne today for the first of our (sold out) Open Garden days.
Photos: James Bellorini
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Don't miss our
@bbcproms
performance of Tristan und Isolde today at 5.00pm on
@BBCRadio3
- live from the
@RoyalAlbertHall
.
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Billy Budd is available to watch for free on our YouTube channel now!
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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Today is the final performance of Tristan und Isolde, but there's another chance to enjoy it next week. On Tuesday at 5.00pm the semi-staged production will be performed at
@RoyalAlbertHall
as part of the
@bbcproms
and it will be broadcast live on
@BBCRadio3
.
Photo: Bill Cooper
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Today's great Gyndebourne moment is from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. Kate Royal, Tara Erraught and Teodora Gheorghiu perform the final trio, 'Marie Theres’! Hab’ mir's gelobt' with
@LPOrchestra
.
Longer version here:
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Our next
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
opera is Benjamin Britten's heart-breaking psychological study of good and evil, Billy Budd.
Watch for free on our YouTube channel from 5.00pm on Sunday 12 July.
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We loved Rowan's Magic Flute-inspired Battenberg on
#BakeOff
last night - the world needs more opera themed cakes!
Would Rowan like a pair of tickets to our autumn production of The Magic Flute
@BritishBakeOff
?
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We are pleased to announce that singers Sarah Connolly, John Tomlinson and Thomas Allen will be performing at our celebration of the Glyndebourne Tour at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London this December.
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We were so excited to welcome double Oscar-winning actor and opera director Christoph Waltz (star of many Quentin Tarantino films) to Glyndebourne yesterday! He came to see Christopher Purves backstage of La damnation de Faust.
#BlofeldInTheBuilding
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We're very pleased to announce that Billy Budd and The Barber of Seville will available to watch for free on YouTube this July as part of
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
.
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A Glyndebourne classic designed by David Hockney... don't miss The Rake's Progress, available for free on our YouTube channel from Sunday 2 August at 5.00pm.
#GlyndebourneOpenHouse
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We are very sad to hear that the world-renowned conductor and former Glyndebourne Music Director Sir Andrew Davis has died.
Davis’ fierce intelligence and uncompromising attention to detail were wrapped in a warmth and wit that made him much-loved with both audiences and artists
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