75th Anniversary Celebration Concert

5pm, Thursday 18 June 2009

Glyndebourne's 75th Anniversary Celebration Concert was organized to mark 75 years since the first Festival in 1934. This unique evening celebrated the history of Glyndebourne and featured a range of Glyndebourne artists, both past and present, who performed to a packed auditorium. The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus were conducted by Glyndebourne's Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski.

The following artists performed at the concert:

Sir Thomas Allen, Paolo Battaglia, Emma Bell, Sarah Connolly, Lucy Crowe, Danielle de Niese, Larissa Diadkova, Alasdair Elliott, Gerald Finley, Peter Hoare, Jennifer Holloway, Brandon Jovanovich, Sergei Leiferkus, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Dame Felicity Lott, Ana María Martínez, Ann Sofie von Otter, Luciano Di Pasquale, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal.

Glyndebourne's New Generation Fund

Any surplus funds generated from this event will contribute to our New Generation Fund which has been established to guarantee long term artistic and audience development plans. The main motivation of The New Generation Fund will be to invest in the development of Glyndebourne's artistic excellence by encouraging the training of emerging artists and helping build new audiences for opera.

We would like to hear from you about your experience of this concert.