Glyndebourne

Nestled in the picturesque English countryside, Glyndebourne is the UK’s prestigious summer opera festival, renowned for its exceptional productions.

Founded in 1934 by John Christie and his wife, soprano Audrey Mildmay, Glyndebourne has evolved from a modest gathering into one of the world’s premier opera houses. Each summer, the festival attracts around 150,000 attendees with its remarkable performances. Supported by two of the UK’s most esteemed orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne offers a diverse array of both classical and contemporary opera. Experience a piece of this prestigious festival with new productions like Brett Dean's ''Hamlet'' or timeless classics such as Handel's ''Giulio Cesare.''

Full Performances

Glyndebourne’s wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable tale.

Ariadne auf Naxos

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The world premiere recording of Brett Dean's new opera based on Shakespeare's best-known tragedy.

Hamlet

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Opera

Witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, a deeply ambivalent life in the day of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another

The Marriage of Figaro

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Opera

The ‘sheer visual sophistication’ of Annabel Arden’s Barbiere serves ‘a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius

The Barber of Seville

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Opera

The all-male opera is based on the battle between pure good and blind evil, and is set on a British man-o'-war ship.

Billy Budd

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Opera

Laurent Pelly's expression of Berlioz's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique becomes ''an elegant treatise on love and music".

Beatrice and Benedict

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Opera