Festival 2027 announcement

‘Festival 2027 spans a wide range of operas – peak achievements of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This year, all three new productions are directed by Festival debutants: South African writer-director Yaël Farber, renowned for her visceral, poetic approach, directs Jenůfa; Max Webster, fresh from a run of West End and Broadway triumphs brings us La Cenerentola; and I direct Idomeneo – an opera I love deeply. To direct it at home, with astounding soloists, alongside our brilliant music director Robin Ticciati, the Glyndebourne Chorus and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, is an opportunity to be savoured.’

Stephen Langridge, Artistic Director of Glyndebourne.

Mozart Idomeneo

Glyndebourne Festival 2027 will open with a new production of Mozart’s Idomeneo, directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Robin Ticciati who will lead the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the first time the pair – who hold the roles of Artistic Director and Music Director at Glyndebourne – have collaborated on a main stage Festival production.

Rossini La Cenerentola

Next summer will see the first new staging of La Cenerentola at Glyndebourne in over 20 years. Rossini’s joyful comedy will be directed by Olivier and Tony-nominated theatre director Max Webster, known for his spectacular and theatrical stagings, and working at Glyndebourne for the first time. Enrique Mazzola will be conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Janáček Jenůfa

The final new production of the season is Janáček’s powerfully devastating drama Jenůfa. Directing what will be only the second production of the opera at Glyndebourne in its history, is the multi-award-winning South African director and writer Yaël Farber, making her opera debut. She will collaborate with Robin Ticciati who conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and a cast that includes Yaritza Véliz making a major role debut as Jenůfa.

Bizet Carmen

Returning for its first revival next summer is Diane Paulus’ thrillingly visceral 2024 production of Bizet’s Carmen, with two performance runs that bookend the season. Starring in the first series of performances, beginning in May, is soprano Danielle de Niese making a UK role debut following her first, acclaimed appearance as Carmen with Opera Australia in 2025. Rihab Chaieb, who starred as Carmen when the production premiered, will be returning to the central role for performances in August. Ben Glassberg will conduct London Philharmonic Orchestra for all performances.

Verdi La Traviata

Completing the season is a revival of Tom Cairns’ stylish and sophisticated production of Verdi’s La traviata which will receive twenty performances featuring two casts. The role of Violetta will be shared by Louise Alder, making a role debut, and Elisa Verzier, who gave an acclaimed performance as Violetta during Glyndebourne’s 2024 Autumn Season. Riccardo Frizza will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Photos: Carmen, Festival 2024 – Richard Hubert Smith, La Traviata, Festival 2014 – Richard Hubert Smith.

Away from the stage, our 2027 exhibition programme celebrates stage photography, presenting the first UK exhibition in 40 years of acclaimed American photographer Ira Nowinski, who documented the Festival season in 1987. These works will be shown alongside a major commission of new work by British artist Marie Harnett (b.1983) and Norwegian painter Kristian Evju (b.1980), who have spent the last year immersed in Glyndebourne’s historic photographic collections.

If you would like to discuss production support, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Director of Development, Helen McCarthy, at helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com or call +44 (0)1273 013308