Opera archive

Vintage Glyndebourne

A gallery of audience photographs from our archive

Take a trip back in time in this gallery of vintage audience photographs from our archive.

All these images are to purchase through our Custom Print Service.

A selection of these images are currently on view as part of our exhibition Staged Nature.

Photographers: Guy Gravett and Ilse Bing

The lake at Glyndebourne, 1962 | Guy Gravett

Audiences at Glyndebourne, 1958 | Guy Gravett

Audiences in the gardens at Glyndebourne, 1963 | Guy Gravett

The gardens at Glyndebourne, 1937 | Ilse Bing

Picnickers by the lake at Glyndebourne, 1957 | Guy Gravett

The lake, Glyndebourne, 1957 | Guy Gravett

Audiences at Glyndebourne, 1957 | Guy Gravett

The sky above Glyndebourne, 1937 | Ilse Bing

The gardens at Glyndebourne, 1958 | Guy Gravett

Audiences picnicking at Glyndebourne, 1958 | Guy Gravett

The gardens at Glyndebourne, 1937 | Ilse Bing

Audiences at Glyndebourne, 1951 | Guy Gravett


All of the images in this gallery are available to purchase through our custom print service. Custom prints are printed and framed by King & McGaw in Newhaven, East Sussex.

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