Your comments on Jenůfa

It would be hard to exagerate the scale of achievement reached in this production. There are no weaknesses in any sphere, with many revelations as a consequence. It is an utterly compelling artistic experience, dealing with unchanging human nature while making light of every musical challenge. Most impressive and thank you GTO!

We came to the first night of Jenufa at Glyndebourne, and the atmosphere was incredible, it was a superb production, faultless, and the conducting of Robin Ticciati was just brilliant. It was one of the most exciting evenings I have experienced at Glyndebourne. We saw Cosi and Falstaff as well, which were both fantastic, but Jenufa was electrifying.

The performance was superb. Superlatives come not easily to such wonderful singing and acting by the cast and the playing of the orchestra. My mother, Jean Barnes, sat there and said “this is special” and she has been going to Glyndebourne performances since 1961!

I think the audience knew this as well as I haven’t heard such applause to a performance in the many years in which I have been going to Glyndebourne.

A very special night to be at Glyndebourne!

Just thought I would say that I found the Jenufa fantastic. Was it the fact I have not seen it for a while or was it Robin's conducting? There were unbearable silences when the audience where you could feel the tension rippling around the auditorium.

Gillian Ram was great in Cosi - I didn't think the performance was quite as good as the very original production, but that's a long time ago!

What do I know anyway?

A wonderful and sensitive performance of a remarkable opera.

I have just returned from the theatre in Stoke on Trent and I was blown away. It was such a rich emotional experience delivered by a very strong cast and excellent staging. The lighting was fantastic and the orchestra exceptional. the pre performance talk really helped and was delivered with enthusiasm and professionalism as well as a great deal of background knowledge. I did not enjoy Falstaff anywhere near as much.

As usual we attended all three touring operas but were unprepared for such a cosmic experience as Jenufa provided. The orchestra, under Robin Ticciati was fantastic, but the performances of Giselle Allen and Anne Mason were world class – mesmeric and transporting. Having just seen Don Carlos at the ROH, I thought it would be some time before I saw its equal but, my word, Jenufa matched it. What a privilege! Thank you so much for giving a wider audience such fare. We do get to a couple of Festival Operas each year but would be lost without our Glyndebourne Touring week to illuminate the dark days of November in Stoke on Trent. Long may it continue.

I attended last night's performance of Jenufa in Norwich. It was wonderful. Something about this opera always brings out the best in performers. Anne Mason is immensely powerful and the production is holding up well (though the brick mill house could do with some touching up). I saw it new in the old Glyndebourne. My only quibble is the length of the first interval. I think it was longer than the first act and there was problem of getting the tension back. Twenty minutes would have been more than enough. I was sorry the opera well not better attended. If only people knew what a masterpiece Jenufa is.

For many years now I have been organising my opera loving friends as a group to enjoy GOT's December visit to the Theatre Royal Plymouth. This year's performances were amongst the best, if not the best, we have had the privilege of seeing. Never have so many bravos, bravas and bravi been more deserved. Jenufa was nothing short of sensational. (We saw the original production at the Festival in 1992).

If you can let me know what is being performed in Plymouth, and when, next year it would be most helpful to me to ensure that my group keeps the dates free.

Please pass on to all concerned the gratitude of some very happy fans in South Devon.