April Cantelo, who has died aged 96, was a gifted and versatile English soprano with a clear, brilliant voice who rose from the Glyndebourne choir to create the role of Helena in Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1960; she went on to find a special place in… Read More »
On the big occasion of a 90th birthday, you can expect to focus on the good times gone by. But as Glyndebourne enters its 10th decade, the prestigious opera house is planning ahead. “We spend a lot of time here thinking about the future,” says artistic director Stephen Langridge. “Where do we want to be… Read More »
All eyes were on Thomas Allen. Not that it doesn’t have any other appeal. On the contrary, every inch of the stage at Glyndebourne Happy Widow (1905), deftly directed by John Wilson and directed to the max by Cal McCrystal, was full of visual splendor: a sweeping, Hollywood-style staircase through which drunken hero Danilo can… Read More »
Glyndebourne, one of the world’s most famous opera festivals, starts on Thursday and will continue until August 25. In its 90th year, sales are already continuing with record-breaking performances. Happy WidowIt is performed here for the first time Carmen And Magic Flute. For anyone with a ticket, there’s something extraordinarily magical about this country house… Read More »