Podcasts
Podcast: Der Rosenkavalier
It’s just over a hundred years since Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal premiered the cheekily comedic Der Rosenkavalier in Dr… Read more
Podcast: Madama Butterfly
Nagasaki, Japan at the turn of the 20th century; the trees are laden with cherry blossom and a beautiful young Geisha’s fate is about to be determin… Read more
Podcast: Saul
An ageing King is driven to murderous intent by the youthful heroisms of David, he of giant-slaying fame. The setting is ancient Israel but the story … Read more
Podcast: Il barbiere di Siviliga
Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia – a comedy of class and manners with a dark heart and some of the greatest operatic earworms ever written. … Read more
Podcast: La clemenza di Tito
This summer, Glyndebourne presents only its second ever production of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito. In this episode of the Glyndebourne podcast, e… Read more
Podcast: Brett Dean's Hamlet
Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been realised in thousands of versions. Now composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn have created an operatic r… Read more
Podcast: Being Hamlet - Allan Clayton and Samuel West in conversation
This summer Glyndebourne hosts the world premiere of a newly commissioned opera based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, by composer Brett Dean and librettist… Read more
Podcast: Hipermestra
Cavalli’s Hipermestra, has taken over three hundred and fifty years to find its way to a UK stage. Premiered in 1658, the only other professional p… Read more
Podcast: Ravel Double Bill
Peggy Reynolds gives an introduction to two of the early twentieth century’s most intriguing operas, Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole and L’e… Read more
Podcast: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
The form may seem familiar – a feather-light romantic comedy – but Mozart’s _Die Entführung aus dem Serail is shot through with an emotional an… Read more