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opera house in Glyndebourne, Sussex, England (opened 1994)
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2023-06-16 09:52:00
And the Glyndebourne band played on
Howls of outrage from the classical establishment greet the disruption of a Glyndebourne performance by Just Stop Oil. Leading the outrage is a prominent critic who tweets "Anti-oil kids disrupting an opera house that is entirely powered by renewable energy". So now let's look at the facts. If that particular critic had travelled, as they normally do, by car to review the opera from their home in the Midlands, the return journey of 380 miles would have generated 76 kilos of co2. Glyndebourne Opera House seats 1200. Let's make the assumption that 1000 of those opera goers came by petrol-powered car, with two in each car. And let's assume that the average car journey was from London. This means each Glyndebourne performance results in a staggering 75000 car miles. So a single Glyndebourne performance pumps more than 15000 kilos of co2 into the environment, before taking into account the jet travel bringing […]
2021-02-19 03:25:25
A graduate of Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Music, he made his conducting debut with the Oxford Chamber Orchestra. Bedford was on the staff at the Glyndebourne Opera House, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. He conducted the English Opera Group, Welsh National Opera, […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-05-20 11:28:00
La Damnation de Faust, Glyndebourne, 18 May 2019
Glyndebourne Opera House Images: Richard Hubert Smith Faust – Allan ClaytonMéphistophélès – Christopher PurvesBrander – Ashley RichesMarguerite – Julie Boulianne Richard Jones (director) Sarah Fahie (assistant director, choreography)Hyemi Shin (set design)Nicky Gillibrand (costumes)Andreas Fuchs (lighting)Dancers Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Aidan Oliver) Glyndebourne Youth Opera Trinity Boys Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati (conductor) There may be a case for staging Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’, The Damnation of Faust; it was certainly not made on this occasion. To be fair, here are arguments either way, not least with respect to Berlioz’s own wishes and practice, and there probably always be. This new Glyndebourne production, however, found itself stuck uncertainly, awkwardly, and most of all tediously, between various poles and possibilities. It seemed to lack belief in the work, or at least the wisdom of staging it as it stands, yet at the same time makes changes so half-hearted, arbitrary, […]
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