Ariadne auf Naxos
19 July – 29 August
The richest man in Vienna has commissioned an evening’s entertainment. But when a tragic opera and a comedy troupe are forced to share the same stage, all bets are off. Strauss’ opera-within-an-opera is part farce, part dream-like fantasy, set to one of his most luscious scores.
Robin Ticciati will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The cast includes Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Ariadne, Samantha Hankey as Composer and David Butt Philip as Bacchus. Alina Wunderlin returns to perform another key coloratura role as Zerbinetta, after impressing as Queen of the Night in Festival 24. See full cast and creative team details here.
Sung in German with English supertitles.
Performance dates
Creative team
Conductor
Robin Ticciati
Director & Costume Designer
Laurent Pelly
Set Designer
Massimo Troncanetti
Lighting Designer
Marco Giusti
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast includes
Ariadne
Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Composer
Samantha Hankey
Zerbinetta
Alina Wunderlin
Bacchus
David Butt Philip
Music Master
Michael Kraus
Dancing Master
Ru Charlesworth
Truffaldino
Liam James Karai
Naiad
Anna Denisova
Dryad
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein
Echo
Eirin Rognerud
To find out more about production support for Festival 2026 here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 013308 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Leire Cavia/Stocksy. Image design by Louise Richardson
