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With one eye on the 2010 Festival, today is the anniversary of the premiere of 'Billy Budd' back in 1951. Michael Grandage's new production of Britten's naval allegory opens the 76th Glyndebourne Festival on 20 May 2010. http://www.glyndebourne.com/operas/billy _budd
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Oxford Times review of 'Falstaff' in Milton Keynes http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/476 8423.Falstaff__Glyndebourne_on_Tour__Mil ton_Keynes_Theatre/
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I found it strange last week at Milton Keynes to find a Falstaff rather smaller in girth than one of his rebellious sidekicks. It was like seeing a Richard III in which someone had a more prominent hump than the usurping Gloucester or a Cyrano beaten by a nose.

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Glyndebourne's General Director David Pickard featured in The Guardian's 'How British Opera re-invented itself' http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov /30/opera-eno-glyndebourne-opera-north
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Glyndebourne It's your last week to catch Glyndebourne on Tour on its six week jaunt around the country. This week we wrap things up in Plymouth, famed for pilgrims, gin and Michael Foot. Word from the road is of another successful tour!

Glyndebourne An early contender for Pun of the week: 'Handel-bars' . An Interview with cycling Glyndebourne Violinist Richard Milone - http://bit.ly/5oUgcM
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IF I WEREN'T TALKING TO YOU, RIGHT NOW I'D BE... Doing chores. When you're away from home a lot you have to catch up with the washing and shopping and...

Glyndebourne Something for the clothes fans - Reams and Reams of costumes moved onto the stage whilst wardrobe is having work done... http://tweetphoto.com/5605538
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Glyndebourne Monday morning's treat to help you avoid unnecessary work-related exertion - 'Giulio Cesare: A Crib', a humorous poem sent to us by Tony Goldman. http://bit.ly/765BeB
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Cleopatra thinks Julius Caesar Of all Roman manhood the pearl; While Caesar would die just to please her Although he is sung by a girl

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Confused by 'Cosi's Clarinet count? Hankering after Harpists for 'Hansel'? Orchestration details are up ... http://www.glyndebourne.com/operas/festi val_2010/orchestrations/
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6 Percussion (Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Triangle, Woodblock, Tamborine, Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Whip, Cymbals, Small gong)

Glyndebourne Friday's Facebook fun. Have a sneaky peek at our Time line of Operatic Composers, completed with Biographies, videos and pictures. It's a work in progress so feedback is most appreciated! http://bit.ly/4YP2OX
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Glyndebourne '...the first job is to install two ‘polypins’ of Harvey’s best' Paul Hopwood's Tour Blog - http://bit.ly/4nBmHA
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Paul Hopwood is a tenor in the Glyndebourne Chorus. He started his professional life as an English and drama teacher, then left a job at Eton College to spend a year on a postgraduate scholarship at the Guildhall. ...

Glyndebourne Oxford Times' Giles Woodford on Cosi fan tutte - 'Top class' and 'Superb'. (And on Don Alfonso: 'You would certainly not buy a second-hand pistol from this man'). http://bit.ly/6VyJtB
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‘A palid affair,” and “a bland blancmange” were two of the descriptions applied to Glyndebourne’s current Così fan tutte when it first appeared in 2006. But it’s not like that any more – as revived by Glyndebourne on Tour this year, both these criticisms are comprehensively trounced.

Glyndebourne Festival 2010: Cast lists are now up for all productions. The excitement build starts here! http://bit.ly/4FkDN8
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Glyndebourne Tuesday afternoon's soundtrack: Philip Glass' score on this clip from 'Satyagraha' is phenomenal. Plus, not everyday you hear an opera sung in Sanskrit ... http://bit.ly/68sNm0
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Excerpt from Satyagraha, the Opera from Philip Glass Act 2, Ghandi Satyagraha - Opera by Philip Glass Sung in Sanskrit German Wuertembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart Recorded in 1983 Learn about ...
























