Glyndebourne Festival 2012 Brochure

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Exceptional

the 2012 festival features work from four different European traditions, spanning a period of operatic history from the 17th to the 20th century. Whilst many of the artists performing in productions will be familiar to you, there are also a number of singers appearing on the UK operatic stage for the first time – a long Glyndebourne tradition of which we are extremely proud.

The Festival opens on 20 May and features new productions of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and a Ravel double bill of L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Melly Still and Michael Grandage, both of whom made their operatic debuts at Glyndebourne with Rusalka (2009) and Billy Budd (2010) respectively, return to direct The Cunning Little Vixen, conducted by Music Director Vladimir Jurowski, and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Music Director designate, Robin Ticciati. The third new production, a Ravel double bill of L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges will reunite director Laurent Pelly and conductor Kazushi Ono, both of whom made their Glyndebourne debuts in 2008 with Hänsel und Gretel.

The season is completed with revivals of three much admired productions – Peter Hall’s La Cenerentola, David McVicar’s La bohème and Jonathan Kent’s staging of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.

Thanks to the success of our New Generation Programme, a fundraising initiative to support new artists and audiences, 2012 will see more tickets available than ever before to support our Glyndebourne <30 scheme and performances for the whole family. The Festival will also continue to offer performance opportunities to our talented choristers, through the understudy programme, the Jerwood Chorus Development Scheme and recital in the Ebert Room.

Full details of all these initiatives, together with a wealth of additional information about Glyndebourne, can be found at glyndebourne.com.

I look forward to welcoming you to Glyndebourne during the 2012 Festival.

leoš janáček The Cunning Little Vixen gioachino rossini La Cenerentola giacomo puccini La bohème wolfgang amadeus mozart Le nozze di Figaro henry purcell The Fairy Queen maurice ravel L’heure espagnole L’enfant et les sortilèges

david pickard, General Director

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The Cun Little

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Janáček’s vision immeasurably deepens the comic strip’s depiction of rural life. The Vixen encounters humans, of whom she learns to be extremely wary. She ignores the well-meant advice of a mournful dog and does exactly what you might expect when she is confronted by a bunch of hysterical chickens. She cheekily evicts a badger from his home and settles in herself.

Eventually, she falls in love with a handsome fox and marries him.

All around her the life of the forest continues on its inevitable cycle. And the Gamekeeper, growing wiser as he grows older, sees it all.

Lucy Crowe will make her role debut as the Vixen, with Emma Bell in the role of the Fox. Leading the forces of the London Philharmonic Orchestra will be Music Director Vladimir Jurowski and, returning to Glyndebourne for the first time since her haunting production of Dvořák’s Rusalka, will be director Melly Still.

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This is perhaps the only opera to be inspired by a newspaper cartoon strip.

Every morning, Janáček would catch up with the latest exploits of the mischievous vixen Bystrouška.

He became such a dedicated follower of her adventures that he responded with an outpouring of music, rich in both humour and humanity, which evokes the wooded rolling hills of the composer’s homeland of Moravia.

ning Vixen leoš janáček

A new production for the 2012 Festival Sung in Czech with English supertitles Conductor.................................. Vladimir Jurowski Director...................................... Melly Still Set Designer............................... Tom Pye Costume Designer...................... Dinah Collin Lighting Designer...................... Paule Constable Movement Director.................... Maxine Doyle London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus cast includes Gamekeeper............................... Sergei Leiferkus Vixen (Bystrouška).................... Lucy Crowe Fox............................................. Emma Bell Parson / Badger.......................... Mischa Schelomianski Harašta, a poacher..................... William Dazeley Gamekeeper’s Wife / Owl............ Jean Rigby Schoolmaster / Mosquito........... Adrian Thompson Pásek, Innkeeper........................ Colin Judson Innkeeper’s Wife......................... Sarah Pring Revised version by Jiří Zahrádka by arrangement with Universal Edition A.G. Wien.

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Rossiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music has an irrepressible quality, bubbling up effortlessly throughout this retelling of the story of Cinderella. The invention is unstoppable, from Cenerentolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plaintive song about a king who loves a poor girl to the lavish coloratura of her final aria when goodness triumphs and all ends, for some at any rate, happily ever after.

La Cene

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Supported by The La Cenerentola Syndicate

But this is no glibly resolved fairy-tale.

Rossini’s creation dispenses with whimsy and magical intervention. Instead we are presented with genuine human predicaments.

The wicked stepmother becomes a snobbish bully of a stepfather and the fairy godmother is transformed into the Prince’s tutor, intent on finding a girl who may be worthy of his pupil’s love. The dark edges of the story are punctuated throughout by tender emotion and sparkling comedy.

When this production, directed by Peter Hall, was first seen in 2005, Opera magazine credited it as ‘thoughtful, fresh and full of insight’ whilst for The Telegraph it ‘met the Glyndebourne gold standard’.

The young American Elizabeth DeShong will sing the role of Cenerentola (Angelina) and Chinese baritone Shenyang, Cardiff Singer of the World in 2007, will make his Glyndebourne debut as Alidoro.

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gioachino rossini A revival of the 2005 Festival production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor.................................. James Gaffigan Director...................................... Peter Hall Revival Director......................... Lynne Hockney Set Designer............................... Hildegard Bechtler Costume Designer...................... Moritz Junge Lighting Designer...................... Peter Mumford London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus

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cast includes Cenerentola (Angelina).............. Elizabeth DeShong Don Ramiro................................ Taylor Stayton Don Magnifico........................... Umberto Chiummo Dandini...................................... Bruno Taddia Alidoro....................................... Shenyang Clorinda..................................... Elena Xanthoudakis Tisbe.......................................... Victoria Yarovaya La Cenerentola (Critical Edition edited by A. Zedda)

by Gioachino Rossini. Property of Casa Ricordi, Milan (Universal Music Publishing Ricordi Srl). By arrangement with G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Limited.

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La bohè

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giacomo puccini

Writers and painters, desperate to make their mark, permanently in debt, living in squalid shared accommodation, falling tumultuously in and out of love. Puccini – and his long-suffering librettists Illica and Giacosa – created painfully true-to-life characters who make La bohème as relevant now as it was when it was first performed in 1896.

Director David McVicar has devised a production that reflects every aspect of Puccini’s innate sympathy for young love in all its passionate sincerity. His staging, as noted

by The Financial Times, ‘gives us a La bohème for today, with unexaggerated, ordinary people in real situations’.

Using Henri Murger’s book about bohemian life in Paris as a source, Illica and Giacosa fashioned a perceptive and touching dramatic text. Puccini was notorious for driving his writing collaborators mad, sending drafts back repeatedly for tightening up, refining and improving. The result is an unusually seamless match between words and music and a narrative that pulls you into the heart of the drama.

Mimì and Rodolfo will be sung by Russian soprano Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Cardiff Singer of the World in 2009, and Mexican tenor David Lomeli both making their Glyndebourne debuts.

Alongside them is the winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize in 2011, Ukrainian baritone Andrei Bondarenko singing Marcello.

ème

A revival of the 2000 Tour production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor.................................. Kirill Karabits Director...................................... David McVicar Revival Director.......................... Lee Blakeley Set Designer............................... Michael Vale Costumes................................... M ikki Engelsbel and Mark Bouman Lighting Designer...................... Paule Constable Movement Director.................... Leah Hausman London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus cast Mimì.......................................... Ekaterina Scherbachenko (on 27, 31 July)............................ Maija Kovalevska Rodolfo....................................... David Lomeli Marcello..................................... Andrei Bondarenko Musetta..................................... Irina Iordachescu Schaunard.................................. Michael Sumuel Colline........................................ Nahuel Di Pierro Benoît........................................ Richard Mosley-Evans Alcindoro................................... Donald Maxwell

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Le nozze di

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Figaro

Supported by The Monument Trust Filming supported by The Ann and Frederick O’Brien Charitable Trust

wolfgang amadeus mozart a new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro has particular resonance for Glyndebourne. In 1934, it was our first opera to be performed, and it was also the opening production of the newly built opera house in 1994. This production brings together two thrilling artistic talents.

Conductor Robin Ticciati will be Glyndebourne’s new Music Director from 2014 and director Michael Grandage will return for the first time since making his opera debut at Glyndebourne with Billy Budd in 2010.

For Mozart, constantly chafing at the restrictions imposed by his aristocratic patrons, the story of servants outwitting their master had immediate appeal. He responded with music that is unrivalled in its beauty and acute levels of characterisation. The Countess’s pain at losing her husband’s love; Susanna’s determination to marry her beloved Figaro despite the Count’s opposition; Cherubino’s hormonal outpourings; Figaro’s quick-witted ducking and diving in his attempts to hang on to Susanna and defeat the scheming machinations of Bartolo and Marcellina – all these elements are woven together with consummate skill.

A new production for the 2012 Festival Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor.................................... Robin Ticciati Director........................................ Michael Grandage Designer....................................... Christopher Oram Lighting Designer....................... Paule Constable Movement Director..................... Ben Wright Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus cast includes Countess...................................... Sally Matthews Count........................................... Audun Iversen Figaro........................................... Vito Priante Susanna....................................... Sophie Karthäuser Cherubino.................................... Isabel Leonard Marcellina................................... Ann Murray Bartolo......................................... Andrew Shore Don Basilio.................................. Alan Oke Antonio........................................ Nicholas Folwell Don Curzio................................... Colin Judson Barbarina.................................... Sarah Shafer

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The glass-fronted cases of a 17th-century cabinet of curiosities disgorge the black-winged inhabitants of a fairy world who make it their business to daze and confuse the poor humans who have accidentally strayed into their kingdom. The mixture is quintessentially English – one moment pastoral and elegiac, the next pure end-of-the-pier slapstick.

Baroque specialist Laurence Cummings will lead the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment from the harpsichord in this revival of a production that enchanted audiences on its first outing in 2009. The Daily Telegraph called it ‘an absolute riot, but executed with taste and style’ while The Observer said that ‘it is hard to imagine a more brilliantly creative approach to the work’.

When it was first produced at the Dorset Gardens Theatre in London in 1692, The Fairy Queen featured stage effects that nearly bankrupted the theatre. There were elaborate costumes, swans gliding over lakes, grottoes, woods and 12-foot high fountains. At Glyndebourne there will be dazzling singing and dancing, flamboyant cross-dressing, a flying horse and a warren full of rampant rabbits!

PHOTO: NEIL LIBBERT

purcell’s intoxicating combination of words and music alternates elements of the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a variety of musical interludes. A magical brew has been concocted by director Jonathan Kent in inventive collaboration with designer Paul Brown.

A revival of the 2009 Festival production Sung in English with English supertitles Conductor.................................... Laurence Cummings Director........................................ Jonathan Kent Designer....................................... Paul Brown Lighting Designer....................... Mark Henderson Choreographer............................. Kim Brandstrup Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus cast includes Carolyn Sampson Emmanuelle de Negri Claire Debono Peter Gijsbertsen Robert Burt David Soar New edition for The Purcell Society by Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock.

Performed by arrangement with Stainer & Bell.

The Fai

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Supported by The Fairy Queen Syndicate

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maurice ravel

L’heure espagnole L’enfant et les so

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Ravel’s two one-act operas will reunite director Laurent Pelly and conductor Kazushi Ono, who made their Glyndebourne debuts in 2008 with Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. While L’enfant et les sortilèges shares with that opera a child’s-eye view of a sometimes threatening world, L’heure espagnole is a thoroughly adult confection.

Supported by Michael and Dorothy Hintze

ortilèges The play on which Ravel based his opéra espagnole is a clever conceit set in the house of a clockmaker. It compares the wound-up mechanism of a clock with the erotic compulsions driving flesh-and-blood humans.

Concepción devises a complex sequence of moves and counter-moves to conceal the presence of her various admirers. While directing these activities she becomes increasingly impressed by the physical attributes of her unwitting accomplice, Ramiro.

Stéphanie d’Oustrac, who last sang at Glyndebourne as Sesto in Giulio Cesare, will sing Concepción, while Canadian baritone Elliot Madore will make his UK and Glyndebourne debut as Ramiro.

In L’enfant et les sortilèges, inanimate objects come to life when a child, fed up with doing his homework, throws a temper tantrum. All the things that have been damaged by him start to voice their objections: a broken cup and teapot, a shepherd and shepherdess from the wallpaper he ripped, a battered armchair and the princess from the torn pages of a story book.

When the sums from his homework and the animals and plants in the garden turn on the child as well, Ravel’s music reaches a fierce climax. Only the child’s kindness to an injured squirrel saves him and brings the opera to a touchingly poignant conclusion.

A new production for the 2012 Festival Sung in French with English supertitles Conductor.................................... Kazushi Ono Director........................................ Laurent Pelly Set Designers L’heure espagnole........................ Caroline Ginet Florence Evrard L’enfant et les sortilèges.............. Barbara de Limburg Stirum Costume Designer....................... Laurent Pelly Lighting Designer....................... Joël Adam London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus – L’enfant et les sortilèges L’heure espagnole cast Ramiro......................................... Elliot Madore Torquemada................................ François Piolino Concepción.................................. Stéphanie d’Oustrac Gonzalve...................................... Alek Shrader Don Inigo Gomez......................... Paul Gay L’enfant et les sortilèges cast includes Khatouna Gadelia Elodie Méchain Elliot Madore Paul Gay Julie Pasturaud Hila Fahima François Piolino Kathleen Kim Stéphanie d’Oustrac L’heure espagnole / L’enfant et les sortilèges. Property of Editions Durand Paris (Universal Music Publishing Classical). By arrangement with G. Ricordi & Co (London) Limited.

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Booking information

Box Office and Customer Service OPENING HOURS Until Friday 9 March 2012 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday From Saturday 10 March 2012 10am to 6pm, seven days a week Online booking at glyndebourne.com is a 24 hours a day service

Call +44 (0)1273 815 000 or visit glyndebourne.com

Festival Society Members Return your postal or online applications

by Monday 5 December 2011.

Associate Members Return your postal or online applications

by Monday 16 January 2012.

Festival Mailing List The three-week priority booking period opens online and by telephone on Saturday 10 March 2012.

On Saturday 10 March 2012 Box Office and Customer Service phone lines will be open from 8amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8pm and you can book online from 12.01am.

Glyndebourne <30 Online and telephone priority booking opens on Saturday 17 March 2012. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s G<30 performances will be La Cenerentola on Monday 28 May and the Ravel Double Bill on Wednesday 8 August. Tickets are subsidised by the New Generation Programme and there will be 500 available for each performance.

General public Booking opens to the general public on Saturday 24 March 2012 at 12.01am online and by telephone from 10am.

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May Performance Price Band 2

Transport

Start

Long Interval

5.10

6.05

Finish

Train departs Victoria

Post opera coach

8.25

1.47

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Date

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Sun 20

The Cunning Little Vixen

Mon 21

No performance

Tue 22

No performance

Wed 23

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

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Thur 24

The Cunning Little Vixen

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6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Fri 25

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

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Sat 26

No performance

Sun 27

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

5.10

6.05

8.25

1.47

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Mon 28

La Cenerentola

3

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Tue 29

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Wed 30

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 31

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

2012 Pricing During the 2012 Festival there are six performances (Price Band 3) with all tickets at ÂŁ160 and under.

See pages 20-21 for Seating Plan and Ticket Prices.

Key Pre-Performance Talk Family Tickets + Workshop Composition Project Jerwood Project â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yellow Sofa See pages 24-25 for more details.

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Bus and train times are recommendations only. Glyndebourne cannot guarantee the published times. We recommend that you check with National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484 950 or www.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 no disruption to members of the audience.

Please note that times in this schedule are subject to change.

June Performance

Date

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Fri 1

La Cenerentola

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Start

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Sun 3

The Cunning Little Vixen

Mon 4

No performance

Tue 5

No performance

Wed 6

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Thur 7

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Fri 8

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Sat 9

La bohème

1

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Sun 10

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

5.10

6.05

8.25

1.47

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Mon 11

No performance

Tue 12

No performance

Wed 13

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Thur 14

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Fri 15

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

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Sat 16

The Cunning Little Vixen

1

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9.40

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Sun 17

La bohème

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4.50

5.55

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1.47

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Mon 18

No performance

Tue 19

The Cunning Little Vixen

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6.25

7.20

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2.47

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Wed 20

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 21

La bohème

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6.05

7.10

9.40

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10.15

Fri 22

The Cunning Little Vixen

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6.25

7.20

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2.47

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Sat 23

No performance 2

4.05

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Sun 24

La Cenerentola

Mon 25

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Tue 26

La bohème

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6.05

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9.40

2.47

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Wed 27

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 28

The Cunning Little Vixen

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Fri 29

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

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Sat 30

Le nozze di Figaro

1

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

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July Performance

Date

Opera

Price Band 1

Start

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4.50

5.55

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Finish

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Post opera coach

8.25

1.47

8.55

Sun 1

La bohème

Mon 2

No performance

Tue 3

No performance

Wed 4

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 5

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Fri 6

La bohème

1

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Sat 7

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

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1

3.30

5.20

8.25

12.47

8.55

Sun 8

Le nozze di Figaro

Mon 9

No performance

Tue 10

La Cenerentola

2

5.20

7.05

9.40

1.47

10.15

Wed 11

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Thur 12

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Fri 13

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

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1

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5.20

8.25

12.47

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Sat 14

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Sun 15

Le nozze di Figaro

Mon 16

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Tue 17

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Wed 18

No performance

Thur 19

La bohème

1

6.05

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Fri 20

The Fairy Queen

2

4.40

6.35

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1.47

10.15

Sat 21

Le nozze di Figaro

1

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

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1

4.50

5.55

8.25

1.47

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Sun 22

La bohème

Mon 23

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Tue 24

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Wed 25

The Fairy Queen

2

4.40

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 26

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Fri 27

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

Sat 28

The Fairy Queen

1

4.40

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Sun 29

Le nozze di Figaro

1

3.30

5.20

8.25

12.47

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Mon 30

No performance

Tue 31

La bohème

2

6.05

7.10

9.40

2.47

10.15

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August Performance Price Band 2

Start

Long Interval

4.40

6.35

Transport

Finish

Train departs Victoria

Post opera coach

9.40

1.47

10.15

Date

Opera

Wed 1

The Fairy Queen

Thur 2

No performance

Fri 3

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Sat 4

Ravel Double Bill

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Sun 5

The Fairy Queen

3.25

5.20

8.25

12.47

8.55

Mon 6

Ravel Double Bill

1 3

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Tue 7

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Wed 8

Ravel Double Bill

3

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Thur 9

The Fairy Queen

2

4.40

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Fri 10

Ravel Double Bill

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Sat 11

Le nozze di Figaro

1

Sun 12

The Fairy Queen

Mon 13

Ravel Double Bill

2 3

Tue 14

Le nozze di Figaro

Wed 15

The Fairy Queen

Thur 16 Fri 17

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

3.25

5.20

8.25

12.47

8.55

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

2

4.40

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Ravel Double Bill

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Sat 18

The Fairy Queen

2

4.40

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Sun 19

Ravel Double Bill

2

5.10

6.05

8.25

1.47

8.55

Mon 20

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Tue 21

Ravel Double Bill

3

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Wed 22

Le nozze di Figaro

2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

Thur 23

Ravel Double Bill

2

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

Fri 24

The Fairy Queen

2

Sat 25

Ravel Double Bill

Sun 26

The Fairy Queen

2 2

4.45

6.35

9.40

1.47

10.15

6.25

7.20

9.40

2.47

10.15

3.25

5.20

8.25

12.47

8.55

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During the 2012 Festival, a minimum of 1,000 tickets are available to subscribers at the special price of £30. Join now and we’ll email you details of how to book at the beginning of 2012. A limited number of standing places for just £10 are available to subscribers at every performance.

Register at glyndebourne.com or telephone Box Office and Customer Service. We may ask you for proof that you are 29 years or younger when you attend with a G<30 ticket.

Family tickets Following the highly successful introduction of family tickets to the 2010 Festival, we are continuing this initiative for 2012. For the performance of Ravel’s Double Bill on Monday 13 August, children’s tickets are available for £30 each when buying one or more full price ticket(s). These tickets will be allocated in the same price band as the full price ticket(s) and are available to under 18s only. Families attending these performances can also enjoy a free preperformance workshop exploring the production.

See pages 24–25 for details. All children’s tickets and workshop places are subject to availability.

Please note that children under the age of eight may find it difficult to maintain concentration for the duration of an opera.

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Terms and conditions of ticket purchase All tickets are sold subject to the right of the management to make any alterations to the published operas, dates or casts which may be necessary owing to illness or other unavoidable causes. Please ensure you do read the terms and conditions carefully before requesting and purchasing tickets. By completing and returning a booking form you are automatically agreeing to our conditions of sale.

See glyndebourne.com for full terms and conditions.

Seating plan Blue Side

Red Side

Standing

Standing

Slips

Slips

UPPER CIRCLE

Circle Sides

Box G

Box H

Box I

Box J

Box E

Box F

Circle Sides

CIRCLE Box A

Foyer Circle Sides

Box B

Box C

PRIVATE BOX

FOYER CIRCLE

Foyer Circle Sides

STALLS

Sightlines Because of the horseshoe shape of the auditorium, some seats have a restricted view. Tickets for these seats are clearly marked and priced accordingly.

Supertitles Supertitles are concise translations projected above the stage. Not all seats have a clear view, so if supertitles are important to your enjoyment of the performance tell the Box Office when applying for your tickets.

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Standing places If you are a subscriber to the Festival Mailing List or Glyndebourne <30 you can apply for two standing places, per production, which are in the Upper Circle.

Usually all 44 are sold during the priority booking period. There is a restricted view and they are priced accordingly. For your health and safety, portable chairs and stools are not allowed.

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

Ticket prices Price band 1

Price band 2

Stalls

£230

£215

£190

Foyer Circle

£230

£215

£190

Foyer Circle Sides

£130

Circle

£215

Circle Sides

£130

Upper Circle

£130

Slips

£50 X

Standing

£30

L

£90

£90

£175

X

£130

£195

£165

£205

£195

£165

L

£50

L

L

£195 £110

L

£90

£205

£110

L

£190 L

£175

£75 £165

L

£110

£75

X

£20

£160

£145

£115

£160

£145

£115

£80 £145

£110

L

£45

L

L

£145 £80

L

£75

X

£145

L

£45 X £15

Price band 3

£65

L

£115 L

£80

£65

£95

£95

£80

L

L

£65

£40

L

£40 X £10

X

£15

X

£10

X

Foyer Circle Boxes Centre Boxes B C E

£215

£195

Centre Boxes A F

£215

Side Boxes 4 5 8 9 (wheelchair)

£90

£75

£65

Centre Boxes G J (Six seats in each box)

£175

£145

£95

Centre Boxes H I (Seven seats in each box)

£175

£145

£95

Side Box 18

£90 L

£75 L

£65 L

Side Boxes 15 16 17 18 20 21

£50

£45

£40

Six wheelchair spaces are available at Foyer Circle level:

Prices include wheelchair and companion

Two spaces at

£190

£165

£115

Four spaces in Side Boxes 4 5 8 9

£90

£75

£65

£175

£145

£195

£145

£145

£95

Circle Boxes

L

Key Restricted view of varying degrees reflected in ticket prices.

L A very limited number of seats available.

X Upper Circle Slips and Standing are not available during the Members and Associate Members Priority Booking Period.

L

L

lease be sure to inform the Box Office if you P or your guests have an access requirement at the time of applying for tickets.

NB Box seats may be sold separately.

Boxes 4, 5, 8 & 9 are initially held for patrons using wheelchairs.

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Just a few of the ways our Box Office and Customer Service team can help

Live web chat Whatever your query, you can chat with us and have your questions answered live. Web chat is available via glyndebourne.com between 10am and 6pm every day.

Returns club Throughout the Festival we receive returned tickets for some performances which are offered for sale via our FREE Returns Club. Simply register at glyndebourne.com or telephone +44 (0)1273 815 000.

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Additional information delivered straight to your inbox Prior to each performance, ticket holders will receive an email with all the information needed to plan your trip to Glyndebourne. If you have already booked tickets but have not yet given us your email, please contact the Box Office and Customer Service team who will update your account.

To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information from Glyndebourne throughout the year, sign up to our free enews via glyndebourne.com Free bus service All Glyndebourne performances finish in time for audiences to return to London by train. Glyndebourne provides a FREE bus service to and from Lewes train station, servicing the train times featured in the schedule of events (p15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18). Advanced booking is required and full details are enclosed with your tickets.

PHOTO: LEIGH SIMPSON

Customer Service at Glyndebourne 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 you can contact the team on +44 (0)1273 815 000 or via our Live Web Chat service.

Ticket exchange service If alternative tickets are available, you can exchange tickets, at no extra charge, for the same opera on another date for the same price or higher. You will need to contact the Box Office and Customer Service team to discuss the exchange and ensure that your original ticket(s) are with the Box Office at least 72 hours prior to the performance.

Ticket resale service If you are not able to attend the performance you have booked for, we will assist in trying to resell your tickets. Please always check with the Box Office before returning your tickets as we cannot guarantee resales.

Box Office and Customer Services sometimes receives returns from contractual obligations and other sources near the time of the performance. These tickets are always made available to purchase before tickets returned by individual patrons are offered for resale.

Your original tickets must be with the Box Office and Customer Service team before we can begin the resale process. Each ticket resold is subject to a £2 handling fee. Reimbursement is only made to the original purchaser.

If you would like to know the status of your resale(s) please contact the Box Office and Customer Service team. Unsold returned tickets can be withdrawn from resale at any time at the purchaser’s request or at the discretion of the management.

Tickets may not be sold on for more than face value and cannot be offered in connection with any other promotion without Glyndebourne’s written consent.

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Enrich your experience Come along to our series of recitals and events created especially for this year’s Festival.

STUDY EVENTS Ebert Room Dig deeper into the creation of this year’s new productions of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and Ravel’s L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Led by members of the production team and singers from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, these events will provide you with a specialist insight into the operas.

The Cunning Little Vixen Sunday 13 May 11.00am – 5.00pm £35 Lunch available to pre-book at Leith’s on +44(0)1273 812 510.

Ravel’s L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges Saturday 4 August 10.30am – 1.30pm £25 (Please note, lunch is not available on this date).

PRE-PERFORMANCE TALKS Ebert Room With works inspired by the pure imagination of childhood to the complexities of adult relationships, our 2012 repertoire offers a wealth of subjects for our series of pre-performance talks. Each Sunday afternoon talk lasts 45 minutes, costs £7.50 and is presented by an operatic expert. Visit glyndebourne.com from March 2012 for more details.

3 June 10 June 17 June 24 June 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 July 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 August

3.55pm The Cunning Little Vixen 3.55pm The Cunning Little Vixen 3.35pm La bohème 2.50pm La Cenerentola 3.35pm La bohème 2.15pm Le nozze di Figaro 2.15pm Le nozze di Figaro 3.35pm La bohème 2.15pm Le nozze di Figaro 2.10pm The Fairy Queen 2.10pm The Fairy Queen 3.55pm L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges 2.10pm The Fairy Queen

FAMILY WORKSHOPS FREE Ebert Room Discover Ravel’s L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges Monday 13 August 4.30pm

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PHOTO: DAVID ILLMAN

How to book A booking form for all the events on pages 24 and 25 will be sent with your tickets. Alternatively places can be booked by telephone from Saturday 24 March 2012 on +44 (0)1273 815 000.

Glyndebourne’s education team is running a special event for 8 to 12 year olds and their families.

Join them to learn more about Ravel’s operas!

This event is open to family ticket holders for the performance on Monday 13 August.

Supported by the New Generation Programme.

FESTIVAL EXTRAS FREE Jerwood Studio Jerwood Project – The Yellow Sofa Monday 21 and Saturday 25 August 4.15pm Tuesday 22 August 2.50pm For the last three years members of the Glyndebourne Chorus have presented small scale performances in the Jerwood Studio made possible thanks to funding from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

Following the success of the première performance in 2009, Julian Philips’s The Yellow Sofa, with a libretto

by Edward Kemp – a tale of sex, a city and the seductive power of furniture – is being revived for 2011.

Composed during his tenure as Glyndebourne’s first Composer in Residence, the performances will be directed by Frederick Wake-Walker and conducted

by Gareth Hancock.

Ebert Room Composition Project – The Cunning Little Vixen Sunday 27 May 3.00pm Glyndebourne singers and musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Foyle Future First programme will be performing a series of new compositions inspired by Janáček’s opera. Led by composer Julian Philips, the new works have been composed by A Level students from the East Sussex Academy of Music in Lewes and Bishop Thomas Grant School in London. This is a partnership project with the Education, Learning and Participation departments at Glyndebourne and the LPO. Supported by Newby Trust Limited and the New Generation Programme.

Gabriela Iştoc performing the role of Eurydice in composer Julian Philips’ Followers, a promenade opera performed during the 2011 Festival.

Ebert Room Recitals Come along and hear young and emerging talent showcased in our annual series of recitals.

Information on recitals will be available nearer to the Festival at glyndebourne.com for further details.

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Glyndebourne Tour Every autumn, the Glyndebourne Tour takes opera to audiences around the UK, showcasing young artists at the start of their careers with ticket prices that are affordable for all.

The 2012 Tour includes Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Dvořák’s Rusalka and Julian Philips’s The Yellow Sofa.

To find out more, register free for the Glyndebourne on Tour Mailing List at glyndebourne.com or telephone Box Office and Customer Service on +44 (0)1273 815 000.

For priority booking, join Glyndebourne on Tour Supporters (from £30 per year) by contacting the Membership Department on +44 (0)1273 815 400.

Glyndebourne on Screen We want to share our work with as many people as possible. Broadcasts have been part of the Glyndebourne story since the 1930s, and in 2007 we were the first opera house in the UK to screen performances into cinemas. In 2011 Glyndebourne embarked on an innovative partnership with guardian.com, streaming opera to a potential audience of millions.

For full details of how you can see filmed performances of this year’s Festival live and recorded, on screen and at home, go to glyndebourne.com

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PHOTO: TIM HAWIGINS

Discover more of Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne CD Label From Falstaff in 1960 to A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream from 2006, the Glyndebourne CD label represents an extraordinarily rich resource of live recordings, to which we are constantly adding.

Glyndebourne on DVD Our range of new DVDs for 2012 will include Die Meistersinger von NĂźrnberg, The Turn of the Screw and Rinaldo recorded during the 2011 Festival.

Listen in advance If you want to listen to an opera before you attend, we have put together a list of recommended recordings for the 2012 Festival on our website.

glyndebourne.com and beyond Our website is constantly being refreshed and is the central place to go for all information. You can find an expanding library of audio and video material, behind-the-scenes documentaries, blogs from artists and opportunities to share your views on the comment pages. You can also join us on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Flickr and YouTube.

For all the latest information on more Glyndebourne, and to purchase any of our DVDs and CDs, visit glyndebourne.com

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Make the most of your visit to Glyndebourne From the moment you arrive mid-afternoon there is plenty to do before the performance begins. Our gardens are undergoing constant renewal with the updating of borders and the introduction of new plants. Similarly the Stalls Art Gallery and Archive have rotating exhibitions throughout the year and are well worth a look to add to your Glyndebourne experience. If you’re picnicking, find a good spot to leave your things then go and explore.

Dining at Glyndebourne You can choose to eat in one of our three restaurants managed by Leith’s, order a Leith’s picnic or bring your own. We will send full details of dining facilities, including menus, wine lists and booking forms for the 2012 Festival with your tickets. You can also find all the information at diningatglyndebourne.com from January 2012.

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PHOTO: LEIGH SIMPSON

The gardens Stroll around the lake, contemplate the Downs and enjoy the gardens’ blend of the formal and natural.

During the Festival they are open from 3pm Monday to Saturday and 2pm on Sundays to opera ticket holders only.

Archive gallery There are two exhibitions drawing on our extensive archives.

A Celebration of Art and Nature From the gardens to the new wind turbine, this exhibition explores and celebrates nature’s impact on the creation of opera at Glyndebourne.

Eight Decades of Le nozze di Figaro Productions of Figaro have marked many monumental moments in Glyndebourne’s history, from the inaugural performance in 1934 to the opening of the new house in 1994. We celebrate eight decades of performances at Glyndebourne.

The Archive gallery is open pre-performance, from 3pm on Monday – Saturday, and from 2pm on Sundays.

What to wear The tradition at Glyndebourne is evening dress; black tie for gentlemen and a long or short dress for ladies.

This tradition was established by our founder John Christie who, out of respect for the work and artists, felt that those enjoying it should dress accordingly.

There are changing facilities in the Plashett Building, next to the car park.

Art beyond the stage Art fills Glyndebourne during the Festival with curated exhibitions in the Stalls Gallery and gardens.

Look out for more up-to-date details on your pre-performance email.

Glyndebourne Shop For an exclusive selection of luxurious gifts and souvenirs visit the shop onsite. Open between 3pm and 10.30pm Monday to Saturday and 2pm to 9.30pm on Sundays.

Don’t miss the performance!

Bells, clearly audible in the gardens, are rung 10, 5 and 3 minutes before curtain-up at the beginning of the performance and at the end of the intervals.

Information about exhibitions, what’s happening in the garden and other up-to-the minute details are constantly updated on our website. If you have any further questions about what to do when you arrive either call us on +44 (0)1273 815 000 or talk to us on Live Chat at glyndebourne.com between 10am and 6pm daily.

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Getting to Glyndebourne There are many ways to get to Glyndebourne including using the specified London trains listed on pages 15 to 18, which are met by our FREE coach service.

By Train The nearest station is Lewes. All Glyndebourne performances finish in time for audiences to return to London by train. There is a free coach that runs to and from Lewes Train Station to meet the designated London train. To take advantage of this service, please refer to the Schedule of Performances for the exact train time. You must book coach tickets in advance either by telephone via Box Office and Customer Service or if you have booked your performance tickets online you can do this via our website.

There are excellent rail connections from London Victoria (journey time just over an hour) and across the South East. Check with National Rail Enquiries for the latest service information 08457 484 950 or visit www.nationalrail.co.uk

By Road See facing map. Car parking is free. You may leave your guests at the Set Down point before going to the car park.

Electric Car Users We have provision to charge electric cars whilst visitors are in the performance. Please contact Box Office and Customer Service to arrange this in advance.

From Abroad The nearest international airport to Glyndebourne is London Gatwick. There are direct train connections to Lewes from the airport terminal. Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk for full service details.

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Where to stay Visit glyndebourne.com to find local hotel listings.

Lewes Tourist Information Centre, 187 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex +44 (0)1273 483 448 also publishes a list of accommodation at www.visitsussex.org

Uckfield

A275 A26 B2116 A223

B2192

A22

B2124

A271

Lewes

Hailsham

A27

A295

A270

BRIGHTON A259

A26

A27

A22

Newhaven EASTBOURNE A259

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Specific access facilities to make your visit easier Auditorium access There are wheelchair spaces at Foyer Circle Level only.

If you need a wheelchair space, please let Box Office and Customer Service know before you purchase tickets. If you are likely to need assistance in the event of an evacuation, or if your access needs change between booking and attending, inform Box Office and Customer Service.

Parking and Access by Car If you wish to park close to the auditorium, please tell us in advance. Drivers of cars carrying passengers with access requirements may set down their passengers at the Set Down point.

Hearing Support The auditorium is equipped with a sound enhancement system. Receivers may be borrowed from the House Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, next to the Set Down point.

Wheelchair Usage We have a limited number of wheelchairs which can be borrowed for your visit. Customers using wheelchairs who require assistance must be accompanied by a companion. There is a lift to all levels but please note that wheelchair access is only available at Foyer Circle level. Adapted toilets are located in two places; at Foyer Circle Level (Blue Side) and adjacent to the Wallop restaurants.

Assistance dogs are welcome.

For enquiries about any specific requirements and to reserve wheelchairs, and wheelchair spaces, call Box Office and Customer Service on +44 (0)1273 815 000.

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