Glyndebourne Festival 2019 brochure

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no ordinary opera

FESTIVAL 2019 18 May – 25 August

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Welcome to Festival 2019

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In 2019, Glyndebourne is taking you into a world of wizards and devils, mermaids and sorceresses, thwarted lovers and fairy godmothers.

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Visit glyndebourne.com for up-to-date information, short ďŹ lms and podcasts about Festival 2019.

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airy tale, sorcery and legend make up the wondrous world of Festival 2019. I welcome you to our new season.

Also returning are three Glyndebourne favourites which travel from Robert Carsen’s swashbuckling Rinaldo, through the watery depths of Melly Still’s Rusalka and to the bright Spanish sunshine of Annabel Arden’s Il barbiere di Siviglia.

James Bellorini

We are thrilled to be working with Barbe & Doucet for the first time on a new production of Die Zauberflöte. Renowned for their creative and spectacular productions, this will surely be a highlight of the season. As will the new work by old friends: Richard Jones returns to direct a new production of Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ La damnation de Faust and Fiona Shaw brings her typically probing intelligence to Massenet’s Cendrillon.

Gus Christie Executive Chairman

We are so grateful to our Members for their continued support and we look forward to welcoming all our visitors to Glyndebourne for a summer of extraordinary opera in the Sussex Downs.

Festival 2019 at a glance La damnation de Faust

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Cendrillon

A rare opportunity to see Berlioz’s genre-defying masterpiece fully-staged in the opera house

Rossini’s classic comedy is rich in musical colour and sunny good humour

Massenet’s sumptuous musical fairy tale makes its Festival debut

When the scholar Faust makes a deal with the Devil he gains the world, but sacrifices his immortal soul.

This vast, virtuosic score surges with passion and drama.

Two young lovers, a greedy old guardian and a quick-witted barber are a recipe for irresistible comic high jinks in Annabel Arden’s exuberant production, which brings out the surreal wit in this familiar story.

Fiona Shaw’s contemporary staging reimagines the familiar Cinderella story as a celebration of the power of fantasy and the imagination, probing beneath its pastel-coloured surface to find the darker questions beneath.

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Rusalka

Die Zauberflöte

Rinaldo

Dvořák’s best-loved opera returns in Melly Still’s magical staging

Enchantment meets Enlightenment politics in Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece

Handel gets a riotous update in Robert Carsen’s romp of a staging

Inspired by The Little Mermaid, this operatic fairy tale tells the story of Rusalka, who sacrifices everything for the man she loves. Dvořák’s exquisite score combines the bright colours of Bohemian folk music with late-Romantic lyricism.

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True love conquers all in a colourful fairy tale that pits the forces of darkness against truth, goodness and light. Barbe & Doucet direct Glyndebourne’s first new production of Die Zauberflöte in over a decade.

When a wicked sorceress kidnaps his beloved Almirena, Rinaldo must come to her rescue. Can he defeat the Saracen army and return victorious?

Packed with magic and visual sensation, this production is a playful reimagining of Handel’s most successful opera.

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A visit to Glyndebourne’s Festival is about more than just the opera… Here’s a taste of what you can expect.

The Festival Escape to the country Glyndebourne is nestled in the heart of the Sussex countryside, in the South Downs National Park, happily an hour away from the distractions of London and 20 minutes from Brighton. We’ll even collect you by coach from our local mainline station, Lewes (see page 20 for details).

Dress for the occasion We encourage formal evening dress in keeping with the direction of Glyndebourne’s founder John Christie. Fashions and attitudes to dress have changed since 1934, but our audiences today still enjoy the thrill of dressing up.

Make a day of it Glorious gardens surround our state-of-theart 1,200-seat opera house. The gardens open at least two hours before every performance, giving you plenty of time to explore, enjoy the visual art exhibited around the theatre and visit the Glyndebourne Shop.

Picnics and dining Our 90-minute dining interval during every performance is as much of a tradition as our opera. Enjoy a leisurely picnic – you can bring your own or order one and collect it when you arrive. Prefer the great indoors? Leith’s at Glyndebourne run our three on-site restaurants, where your dining experience can range from a relaxed afternoon tea to sumptuous fine dining. diningatglyndebourne.com 02 | FESTIVAL 2019

HOW TO BOOK Tickets for all Festival performances are available first to Members and then to the general public. Members secure over ¾ of Festival tickets, leaving around 20,000 available from the opening of public booking.

Members: Your paper or online ballot form will be posted and emailed directly to you.

Don’t hesitate to contact the Box Office team if you need any assistance during the ballot process.

Public: From 6.00pm on Sunday 3 March, select your own seats, 24 hours a day at glyndebourne.com. Alternatively, from 10.00am on Monday 4 March call the Box Office.

Under 30s: Thanks to generous funding from our New Generation Programme, we’re able to provide heavily subsidised Festival tickets at £30 to those aged under 30. To access these offers, simply visit glyndebourne.com/under30s and sign up for free.

Box Office +44 (0)1273 815 000 Live webchat on glyndebourne.com Until 17 May: open Monday to Friday, 10.00am–6.00pm.

From 18 May: open seven days a week, 10.00am–6.00pm (except Bank Holidays)

experience Key booking dates Members

Festival Society Members’ ballot opens Associate Members’ ballot opens MON 18 FEB 2019 Festival Society Members’ online booking opens (second opportunity to book) TUE 19 FEB 2019 Associate Members’ online booking opens (second opportunity to book) MON 25 FEB 2019 Under 30s booking opens SAT 1 DEC 2018

FRI 18 JAN 2019

Public

SUN 3 MAR 2019

Public booking opens online at 6.00pm Public booking opens by phone at 10.00am

Joe Puxley

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La damnation HECTOR BERLIOZ

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aust is on the brink of suicide when smoothtalking Méphistophélès appears, offering an alternative: he will give Faust all the pleasures of the world in return for just one thing – his immortal soul. When the scholar agrees it sets in motion a story that takes him from love to cruellest loss, delight to despair and ultimately from salvation to damnation.

Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust is a musical thrill-ride – a dramatic tour-de-force that throws all of music’s capacity at one simple question: what is the price of the human soul? A vast orchestra and chorus conjure the composer’s fantastical visions in music that ranges from tender love-songs and ecstatic hymns to drinking songs and military marches, culminating in the relentless, propulsive violence of the ‘Ride to the Abyss’.

Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati brings Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust, directed

by Richard Jones, to Glyndebourne for the very first time, with a cast of Festival favourites.

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A new production for Festival 2019 Sung in French with English supertitles Conductor...............................Robin Ticciati Director...................................Richard Jones Associate Director/Movement Director ...............................................Sarah Fahie Set Designer............................Hyemi Shin Costume Designer...................Nicky Gillibrand Lighting Designer...................Andreas Fuchs cast Faust......................................Allan Clayton Méphistophélès......................Christopher Purves Marguerite..............................Julie Boulianne Brander...................................Ashley Riches London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Youth Opera Trinity Boys Choir Music edition by Julian Rushton by arrangement with Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassell and Faber Music Ltd, London

18 May — 10 July Supported by A Syndicate of Individuals If you would like to hear about joining the syndicate please contact the Development team at development@glyndebourne.com

Our La damnation de Faust study morning takes place on Sunday 2 June.

See page 17 for details

Shadric Toop painted collage and original photography/other images Wikimedia Commons

de Faust

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original photography Bill Cooper/other images Wikimedia Commons

Il barbiere

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di Siviglia

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

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he beautiful Rosina is kept all but prisoner by her guardian Dr Bartolo, who secretly hopes to marry his wealthy ward. But when Count Almaviva falls in love with Rosina from afar he enlists the help of cunning barber Figaro to help him outwit Bartolo. A comic battle of wills ensues, but will love or greed be triumphant?

Verdi thought it the greatest operatic comedy – a perfect marriage of wit, energy and exhilarating musical invention. Rossini’s score fizzes with virtuosic brilliance, combining bravura solo arias, set to some of the composer’s best-loved melodies, with breathtaking, intricate ensembles, weaving together the story’s many strands into glittering musical and dramatic harmony.

Embracing the opera’s commedia dell’arte origins, Annabel Arden’s production is suffused with Spanish colour and warmth.

Conductor Rafael Payare makes his Glyndebourne debut.

A revival of the Festival 2016 production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor...............................Rafael Payare Director...................................Annabel Arden Designer.................................Joanna Parker Director of Movement.............Toby Sedgwick Lighting Designer...................James Farncombe cast Figaro.....................................Andrey Zhilikhovsky Rosina....................................Hyesang Park Bartolo....................................Alessandro Corbelli Count Almaviva.....................Levy Segkapane Berta.......................................Janis Kelly Basilio....................................Adam Palka London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Edition by Philip Gossett by arrangement with Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassell and Faber Music Ltd, London

19 May — 14 July Supported by Lord and Lady Laidlaw William Lock

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original photography James Bellorini /other images Wikimedia Commons

Cendri

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weet-natured Cendrillon lives the life of a servant with her cruel stepmother, stepsisters and her downtrodden father Pandolfe. Transformed for just one night, she captures the Prince’s heart at the royal ball.

Will she find a way to escape domestic drudgery and reclaim her beloved? With a little help from her Fairy Godmother, she just might.

With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairy tales – a Cinderella that looks back to Charles Perrault’s original story in all its richness and ambiguity.

Massenet’s sensuous, Belle Époque fairy tale is gilded with lavish orchestral textures and glittering vocal writing, drawing on everything from baroque dances to Wagner-inspired chromaticism to bring its story to colourful life, conjuring a world of infinite musical and emotional variety.

Fiona Shaw’s production makes its Festival debut here conducted by John Wilson.

A revival of the Tour 2018 production Sung in French with English supertitles Conductor...............................John Wilson Director...................................Fiona Shaw Set Designer............................Jon Bausor Costume Designer...................Nicky Gillibrand Choreographer........................Sarah Fahie Lighting Designer...................Anna Watson cast includes Cendrillon...............................Danielle de Niese Le Prince Charmant................Kate Lindsey La Fée......................................Nina Minasyan Pandolfe.................................Lionel Lhote Madame de la Haltière............Agnes Zwierko Noémie...................................Eduarda Melo Dorothée.................................Julie Pasturaud London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Music edition Heugel & Cie by arrangement with Music Sales Ltd

8 June — 2 August Supported by Dunard Fund Carol and Paul Collins through Glyndebourne Association America Inc The Glass Slipper Circle

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Rusalka

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

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hat would you sacrifice for love?

Water-nymph Rusalka is in love with a handsome Prince who comes each day to bathe in her forest pool. But if she wants to win him she must risk everything, giving up not only her immortality but also her voice.

Inspired by The Little Mermaid, Rusalka offers a poignant reimagining of the classic fairy tale.

Rippled with silvery, watery beauty, Dvořák’s sublime score conjures a dappled world of shadowy half-light, of things unspoken and unseen. Rustic folk melodies meet courtly dances and magical love-music in this lateRomantic masterpiece – an operatic fantasy that looks beyond the storybook world of happilyever-after to find truths that are powerfully and painfully human.

Robin Ticciati conducts this revival of Melly Still’s much-loved production.

A revival of the Festival 2011 production Sung in Czech with English supertitles Conductor................................Robin Ticciati Director....................................Melly Still Designer..................................Rae Smith Movement Director..................Rick Nodine Lighting Designer....................Paule Constable cast Rusalka...................................Sally Matthews Prince......................................Evan LeRoy Johnson Vodník.....................................Alexander Roslavets Ježibaba...................................Patricia Bardon Foreign Princess.......................Zoya Tsererina Gamekeeper.............................Colin Judson Kitchen Girl.............................Dara Savinova First Nymph.............................Vuvu Mpofu Second Nymph.........................Anna Pennisi Third Nymph...........................Alyona Abramova London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Music performed by arrangement with Dilia, Praha and Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

29 June — 21 August Supported by A Syndicate of Individuals If you would like to hear about joining the syndicate please contact the Development team at development@glyndebourne.com

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original photography Bill Cooper

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original images Wikimedia Commons

Die Zauberflöte

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

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rince Tamino is on a quest: rescue the beautiful Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, who has been kidnapped by the high priest Sarastro. But is all really as it seems? With the help of bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino must brave not only dragons and the forces of darkness but trials of fire and water if he is to arrive at the truth and gain Pamina as his wife.

Composed just months before his death, Mozart’s final stage work is a heady blend of knock-about comedy and contemplative beauty – a musical masterpiece that reimagines opera for the Age of Enlightenment. The sweetness and apparent simplicity of this enchanting score conceals a great deal of sophistication, weaving some of the composer’s most beautiful and best-loved melodies together in an elegant allegory whose wicked queens and noble princes are just the beginning of the story.

Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting and vibrant cast, while the renowned and highly regarded directing/design duo Barbe & Doucet make their Glyndebourne debut.

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A new production for Festival 2019 Sung in German with English supertitles Conductor...............................Antonello Manacorda Direction and Design..............Barbe & Doucet Puppet Designer.....................Patrick Martel Lighting Designer ..................Guy Simard cast includes Tamino ...................................David Portillo Papageno................................Björn Bürger Pamina...................................Sofia Fomina Sarastro..................................Brindley Sherratt Queen of the Night..................Caroline Wettergreen Monostatos............................Jörg Schneider First Lady................................Esther Dierkes Second Lady............................Marta Fontanals-Simmons Third Lady..............................Katharina Magiera Speaker...................................Michael Kraus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus Music edition by Gernot Gruber, Alfred Orel and Heinz Moehn by arrangement with Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassell and Faber Music Ltd, London

18 July — 24 August Supported by Handel and Yvonne Evans Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson

Our Die Zauberflöte study day takes place on Saturday 3 August.

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Rinaldo

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

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hristian knight Rinaldo loves Almirena, but she has been kidnapped by the scheming sorceress Armida. A magical battle of wits and wills ensues between Rinaldo’s Crusaders and the Saracen army, as the fate not just of two lovers but two nations hangs in the balance.

Carsen’s exuberant schoolroom staging is well on its way to becoming a Glyndebourne classic, bringing out all the energy and excess in Handel’s first opera for the London stage.

The composer’s colourful, tune-filled score – bright with brass fanfares and memorable arias including ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ – is one of his finest, sweeping the audience from laughter to love and back again, in this exotic, East-meets-West musical fantasy.

Rising young baroque specialist Maxim Emelyanychev conducts Robert Carsen’s production.

A revival of the Festival 2011 production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor...............................Maxim Emelyanychev Director...................................Robert Carsen Designer.................................Gideon Davey Movement Director.................Philippe Giraudeau Lighting Designers.................Robert Carsen &

Peter Van Praet cast includes Rinaldo...................................Elizabeth DeShong Goffredo..................................Avery Amereau Eustazio..................................Jakub Józef Orliński Almirena.................................Giulia Semenzato Armida...................................Kristina Mkhitaryan Argante...................................Brandon Cedel A Christian Magician.............James Hall Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Music edition by David R. Kimbell by arrangement with Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassell and Faber Music Ltd, London

8 — 25 August Supported by A Syndicate of Individuals If you would like to hear about joining the syndicate please contact the Development team at development@glyndebourne.com

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original photography Bill Cooper/ other images Wikimedia Commons

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‘ Every year it feels like coming home’

Join the family Members enjoy priority access to Festival tickets.

Gift Memberships are available glyndebourne.com/membership +44 (0)1273 815 400

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Shadric Toop painted collage/original photography Leigh Simpson, Sam Stephenson

— Joakim Hermansson, Member

Festival extras We offer a range of talks and events to complement your visit during Festival 2019.

INSIDER TALKS Ebert Room Join us to discover some of the secrets of how opera is created at Glyndebourne. Meet the people behind the magic and gain privileged access to the workings of an international opera house. Each talk, moderated by Warwick Thompson, will explore a different aspect of staging an opera including costumes, props, lighting, wigs, make-up and elements of the rehearsal process. Talks last 45 minutes, cost £9 and end 30 minutes before the start of each performance.

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Wednesday 29 May at 3.45pm La damnation de Faust

Sunday 9 June at 2.45pm Cendrillon

Thursday 13 June at 3.45pm Rusalka

Friday 16 August at 2.45pm Die Zauberflöte

STUDY EVENTS Ebert Room Our Study Events are designed to enhance your enjoyment of each featured opera and give you an in-depth insight into our Festival 2018 productions. Each event features expert presentations, a panel discussion and musical preview.

This year we are presenting two events about our new productions: La damnation de Faust

Sunday 2 June 10.30am – 1.30pm

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Die Zauberflöte

Saturday 3 August 10.30am – 4.30pm A two-course lunch is available for £21.50 during our full-day event on 3 August, other dining options including afternoon tea, will also be available on 2 June. Please contact Leith's at Glyndebourne on +44 (0) 1273 812 510 for more information.

Monday 19 August at 2.45pm Rinaldo

Tuesday 20 August at 2.45pm

HOW TO BOOK Places for our talks and study events can be booked online at glyndebourne.com or by telephone +44 (0)1273 815 000 from: Members Monday 18 February Associate Members Tuesday 19 February Public Sunday 3 March

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Glyndebourne 365 There is a lot happening all year-round at Glyndebourne.

Backstage Tours Throughout the winter we offer 90-minute Backstage Tours that enable you to explore the theatre with a visit to the auditorium, back stage, dressing rooms, rehearsal spaces and the historic Organ Room where the very first performance at Glyndebourne took place.

Members' Backstage Tours will take place in the spring.

2018 Tour 2018 October – December The brainchild of George Christie, the Tour was set up in 1968 to ensure that opera from Glyndebourne was accessible to audiences around the country, and just as importantly to nurture emerging talent.

Help us celebrate 50 years of the Tour in 2018 at Glyndebourne, Canterbury, Woking, Norwich and Milton Keynes with a brand new production of Cinderella (Cendrillon), a critically acclaimed revival of La traviata and a chance to discover more about this heartbreaking opera with La traviata: Behind the Curtain presented by Chris Addison.

Glyndebourne Tour Golden Anniversary Celebration Tuesday 4 December, 7.00pm To mark 50 years of the Tour we will be celebrating with a gala concert of opera highlights, featuring Sarah Connolly, Thomas Allen and John Tomlinson at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Concert only ticket: £50 plus an optional £50 suggested donation Concert and post-performance gala: £750 per person 18 | FESTIVAL 2019

Glyndebourne Tour Christmas Concert Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December, 4.00pm The Glyndebourne Chorus, conducted by Nicholas Jenkins, invite you to join us for sizzling operatic highlights, followed by festive favourites and carols for all.

2019 Agreed 1–3 March A new opera commissioned for the Glyndebourne main stage about love, loss and divided lands.

The opera is brought to life by a multi-genre score composed by Howard Moody and includes elements of classical, world and jazz music. The chorus of around 80 local auditioned singers are an active, shaping force of the drama. Their music is woven together and led by five professional singers and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

All tickets are £15.

Screenings and broadcasts We will continue our programme of cinema and online broadcasts, showing these titles from the 2019 Festival: Cendrillon (Live) on Sunday 30 June Il barbiere di Siviglia (Recorded live in 2016) from Sunday 14 July Die Zauberflöte (Live) on Sunday 4 August Tour 2019 11 October – 7 December The 2019 Tour will feature Glyndebourne’s first ever production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Handel’s Rinaldo. The Tour will start at Glyndebourne before visiting Canterbury, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Woking and Liverpool.

Sam Stephenson

In 2019 the opera house at Glyndebourne will be 25 years old. The wood in the house is reclaimed pine, which is over 125 years old. It was salvaged from dockyards and whiskey warehouses.

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Planning your visit Our Box Office and Customer Service team is dedicated to making your visit to Glyndebourne as enjoyable as possible.

If you have any specific requirements before you arrive you can contact us on +44 (0)1273 815 000 or start a live chat via the website.

Arriving at Glyndebourne The nearest train station is Lewes. As Glyndebourne is three miles from the station we provide a free round-trip coach service.

A coach will be waiting at Lewes station for audience members taking the recommended train or the next connecting service following a delay or cancellation. If you want to arrive later, another coach will leave one hour after the departure time of the first coach. This service is not pre-bookable.

Alternatively, if you arrive by car there is a large free on-site car park for visitors.

Electric cars You can recharge your electric car during a performance so please let Box Office know in advance if you would like to use this facility.

Children Whilst most of our productions are suitable for children and young people, we recommend that you contact the Box Office for advice about the production before booking tickets for children in your party.

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FOR THOSE WITH ACCESS NEEDS Auditorium access Conveniently located spaces are reserved for wheelchairs at Foyer Circle (ground level) only.

We have a limited number of wheelchairs available if you would like to borrow one.

Lift access is available to all levels of the auditorium.

Hearing support The auditorium is equipped with a sound enhancement system. Receivers may be borrowed – please let us know if you require one Assistance animals are welcome.

Helping us to help you When booking your tickets please give the Box Office advance notice if: • You have access requirements and need a reserved parking space close to the auditorium • You wish to borrow a wheelchair On the day of your visit our staff will endeavour to help in any way they can – from the porters carrying your picnic baskets and blankets, to a ride up to the restaurants in our audience buggy – we are here to help.

James Bellorini

Picnics are a big deal for us. In Festival 2018 Leith's at Glyndebourne made, prepared and served 5,935 picnics and 31,945 dinners.

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Picnicking and dining For all dining enquiries, including picnic orders and table reservations in one of our three on-site restaurants please visit diningatglyndebourne.com.

You can book places in our new Garden Marquee, situated in the orchard near the River Cottage Deli. Spaces can be reserved for ÂŁ10 per person. Please call the Box Office on +44 (0)1273 815 000 to book.

Joe Puxley

You are welcome to picnic in any part of the Glyndebourne gardens. A limited number of picnic tables are also available on the Upper Circle level, in the Marquee or you can hire one from Leith's.

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The Glyndebourne Shop Open online all year round

Womenswear, menswear, opera gifts and your Festival essentials

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Every purchase supports the work of Glyndebourne

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Performance Schedule May Gardens Price Band see p.29 Open

Performance

Short interval

Transport * Long dining interval

Finish

Train departs Victoria

Date

Opera

Sat 18

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Sun 19

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

2.00

4.00

5.45

8.05

12.46

Mon 20

No performance

Tue 21

No performance

Wed 22

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Thu 23

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

Fri 24

No performance

Sat 25

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Sun 26

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

2.00

4.00

5.45

8.05

12.46

Mon 27

No performance

Tue 28

No performance

Wed 29

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

Thu 30

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Fri 31

No performance

Start

Key Special events Opening night

Insider talk Study Event See page 17 for more information on all talks

* Long dining interval Our long dining interval lasts for 90 minutes.

Designed by Ned Campbell Printed in England by Pureprint on FSC certified paper Cover artwork: Painted collage by Shadric Toop with source images from Sam Stephenson, James Bellorini, Leigh Simpson and Wikimedia Commons.

All information in this brochure is correct at the time of going to print.

Some cast and/or creative teams may change before or during the run of any opera due to unforeseen circumstances.

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We provide a free round-trip coach service from Lewes station to Glyndebourne when you arrive on the recommended train detailed in this Performance Schedule, and there will be an additional coach service one hour later.

This service is not pre-bookable and it is complimentary if used to and from Glyndebourne; a ticket is issued for your return journey.

We run post-opera coaches back to Lewes train station after every performance. The last post-opera coach leaves approximately 30 minutes after a performance ends.

Bus and train times are recommendations only.

Glyndebourne cannot guarantee the published times as they may be subject to change. We recommend that you check with National Rail Enquiries on 03457 48 49 50 or nationalrail.co.uk before embarking on your journey.

Note: Television cameras will be present at certain performances. The design of the auditorium specifically allows for camera positions to cause only minimal disruption to members of the audience.

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June

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Performance

Transport

Date

Opera

Open

Start

Finish

Train departs Victoria

Sat 1

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

M

Sun 2

La damnation de Faust

2

2.00

4.00

5.40

7.45

12.46

T

Mon 3

No performance

Tue 4

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Wed 5

No performance

Thu 6

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

S

Fri 7

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

S

Sat 8

Cendrillon

1

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

M

Sun 9

La damnation de Faust

2

2.00

4.00

5.40

7.45

12.46

T

Mon 10

No performance

W

Tue 11

No performance

T

Wed 12

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

F

Thu 13

Cendrillon

2

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

S

Fri 14

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

S

Sat 15

La damnation de Faust

2

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

M

Sun 16

Cendrillon

1

2.00

4.00

5.25

8.00

12.46

T

Mon 17

No performance

Tue 18

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

T

Wed 19

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

F

Thu 20

Cendrillon

2

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

S

Fri 21

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

S

Sat 22

La damnation de Faust

2

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

M

Sun 23

Cendrillon

1

2.00

4.00

5.25

8.00

12.46

T

Mon 24

No performance

Tue 25

Cendrillon

Wed 26

No performance

Thu 27

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

S

Fri 28

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

S

Sat 29

Rusalka

2

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

M

Sun 30

Cendrillon

1

2.00

4.00

5.25

8.00

12.46

T

Short interval

* Long dining interval

D

W 2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

T F

W

W 2

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

T F

6.05

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July Gardens Price Band see p.29 Open

Performance

Start

Short interval

Transport * Long dining interval

Finish

Train departs Victoria

6.45

9.20

1.46

7.15

9.40

1.46

Date

Opera

Mon 1

No performance

Tue 2

No performance

Wed 3

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

Thu 4

Rusalka

3

3.00

5.00

Fri 5

La damnation de Faust

2

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Sat 6

Cendrillon

1

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Sun 7

Rusalka

2

2.00

4.00

6.15

8.40

12.46

Mon 8

No performance

Tue 9

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2

3.00

5.00

6.45

9.20

1.46

Wed 10

La damnation de Faust

3

3.00

5.00

6.40

8.45

1.46

Thu 11

Rusalka

3

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

Fri 12

Cendrillon

1

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Sat 13

No performance

Sun 14

Il barbiere di Siviglia

1

2.00

4.00

5.45

8.05

12.46

Mon 15

No performance

Tue 16

Cendrillon

2

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Wed 17

Rusalka

3

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

Thu 18

Die Zauberflöte

1

3.00

5.00

6.20

9.10

1.46

Fri 19

Cendrillon

1

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Sat 20

Rusalka

2

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

Sun 21

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Mon 22

No performance

Tue 23

No performance

Wed 24

Die Zauberflöte

1

3.00

5.00

6.20

9.10

1.46

Thu 25

Cendrillon

2

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Fri 26

Rusalka

2

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

Sat 27

Die Zauberflöte

1

3.00

5.00

6.20

9.10

1.46

Sun 28

Cendrillon

1

2.00

4.00

5.25

8.00

12.46

Mon 29

No performance

Tue 30

Die Zauberflöte

1

3.00

5.00

6.20

9.10

1.46

Wed 31

Rusalka

3

3.00

5.00

7.15

9.40

1.46

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6.05

5.05

6.05

6.05

6.05

6.05

6.05

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August rt

Gardens Price Band see p.29 Open

Performance

Transport

Date

Opera

Finish

Train departs Victoria

Thu 1

Die Zauberflöte

1

3.00

5.00

6.20

9.10

1.46

Fri 2

Cendrillon

1

3.00

5.00

6.25

9.00

1.46

Sat 3

No performance

Sun 4

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Mon 5

No performance

Tue 6

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Wed 7

Rusalka

3

2.00

4.00

5.05

6.15

8.40

12.46

Thu 8

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

5.20

6.35

8.45

12.46

Fri 9

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Sat 10

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

6.35

8.45

12.46

Sun 11

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Mon 12

Rusalka

3

2.00

4.00

5.05

6.15

8.40

12.46

Tue 13

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

5.20

6.35

8.45

12.46

Wed 14

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Thu 15

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

5.20

6.35

8.45

12.46

Fri 16

Rusalka

3

2.00

4.00

5.05

6.15

8.40

12.46

Sat 17

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Sun 18

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

6.35

8.45

12.46

Mon 19

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Tue 20

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

5.20

6.35

8.45

12.46

Wed 21

Rusalka

3

2.00

4.00

5.05

6.15

8.40

12.46

Thu 22

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Fri 23

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

6.35

8.45

12.46

Sat 24

Die Zauberflöte

1

2.00

4.00

5.20

8.10

12.46

Sun 25

Rinaldo

3

2.00

4.00

6.35

8.45

12.46

Start

Short interval

5.20

5.20

5.20

5.20

* Long dining interval

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Seating plan & ticket prices

For Festival 2019 we have three price bands, dependent on the day of the week and the repertoire. The numbers 1, 2 and 3 next to the name of the opera in the Performance Schedule (pages 24-27) indicate the price band for each performance; please refer to the table when booking your tickets. The colour coding in the seating plan below correlates directly with the colours on the table opposite on page 29.

BLUE SIDE

RED SIDE

Standing

Standing

PRICE B AND

1 PRICE B AND

UPPER CIRCLE

Circle Sides

Box G

Box H

Box I

Box J

Box E

Box F

Circle Sides

2

CIRCLE Box A

Foyer Circle Sides

Box B

Box C

PRIVATE BOX

FOYER CIRCLE (ground level)

PRICE B AND

Foyer Circle Sides

3

STALLS

Sightlines and Supertitles The Glyndebourne auditorium is a ‘horseshoe’ shape.

As a result, some of our seats have a restricted view of varying degrees of the stage; and restricted or no view of the supertitles. Tickets for these seats are priced accordingly. However, if supertitles are important to your enjoyment of the performance, please tell the Box Office when applying for your tickets.

Foyer Circle sides and Circle sides As there are a very limited number of these seats available, please give alternative options when booking.

Standing and slips Standing places and slips are reserved until public booking opens.

Prices includ

Wheelcha Foyer Circ Please be su guests have applying for between app Box seats m are initially

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PRIC E BAND

2 PRIC E BAND

3

£250

£250

£225

£225

£225

£210

£160

£160

£160

£120

£225

£60

£60

£120

£120

£60

£120

£30

£160

£20

£210

£230

£230

£230

£220

£220

£220

£190

£190

£190

£165

£220

£220

£165

£165

£130

£130

£130

£130

£110

£190

£55

£55

£110

£110

£55

£110

£20 £15

£165

£200

£200

£200

£185

£185

£185

£160

£160

£160

£140

£210

£185

£185 £100

£140

£140

£100

£100

£100

£85

£160

£50

£50

£85

£85

£50

£85

£20 £15

£140

Prices include wheelchair and companion seat.

Restricted view of varying degrees reflected in ticket prices (including restricted or no view of supertitles).

L A very limited number of seats available.

Wheelchair access is only available at Foyer Circle (ground level).

Please be sure to inform the Box Office if you or your guests have an access requirement at the time of applying for tickets, or if any access needs arise between applying and attending.

Box seats may be sold separately. Boxes 4, 5, 8 & 9 are initially held for customers using wheelchairs.

Please note Upper Circle Slips and Standing places only become available when public booking opens online at 6.00pm on Sunday 3 March at glyndebourne.com and by telephone from 10.00am on Monday 4 March on +44 (0)1273 815 000.

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*Prices include wheelchair and companion.

£250

Slips & Standing

£210

Foyer Circle level 6 spaces (4 in Side Boxes 4 5 8 9)*

£250

Circle Side Boxes 15 16 17 18 20 21

£250

Circle Sides

Circle Centre Boxes G J (6 seats in each box)

£260

Foyer Circle Sides

Foyer Circle Centre Boxes A F

£260

Upper Circle

Foyer Circle Centre Boxes B C E

£260

Glyndeb Register

Circle Centre Boxes H I (7 seats in each box)

Circle

1

Foyer Circle

PRIC E BAND

Stalls

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Glyndebourne Productions Limited Registered â„– 358266 England

BOOKING DATES for Festival 2019

Glyndebourne is a registered charity Charity â„– 243877

Members: 1 December 2018 Associate Members: 18 January 2019 Under 30s: 25 February 2019

Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5UU England Box Office and Customer Service +44 (0)1273 815 000 glyndebourne.com

Public: 3 March 2019 online 4 March 2019 phone