Wagner: Parsifal

Wagner: Parsifal

Wagner: Parsifal Antonio Pappano, ConductorStephen Langridge, Director Wagner’s last opera Parsifal is a work of intense humanity. It narrates the story of a troubled community ultimately healed through one man’s realization of the power of compassion. Created in...
Glorious Glyndebourne

Glorious Glyndebourne

Glorious Glyndebourne An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic...
Britten: Owen Wingrave (2013)

Britten: Owen Wingrave (2013)

Britten: Owen Wingrave (2013) Kent Nagano, ConductorMargaret Williams, Director When Britten started to work on Owen Wingrave he conceived the opera both for performance on stage and for TV production.In fact the first TV production of Owen Wingrave was broadcast in...
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Vladimir Jurowski, ConductorDavid McVicar, DirectorEnglish-speaking audiences have always found Die Meistersinger to be a life-enhancing celebration of wisdom, art and song. So it proves in David McVicar’s production – the...
Turnage: Anna Nicole

Turnage: Anna Nicole

Turnage: Anna Nicole Antonio Pappano, ConductorRichard Jones, Director In a tragic-comic take on the extremes of celebrity culture, composer Mark Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones add Anna Nicole Smith to opera’s gallery of bad, sad...
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