Our opera Archive

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Find out more about the operas that have been performed at Glyndebourne, with photos, videos, synopses and more

In this section, you can find out more about the operas that have been performed at Glyndebourne since the start of the Festival in 1934.

Browse through the titles below to find photos, videos, synopses and behind the scenes secrets about each opera. We will be expanding this section in the coming months to include all of the operas that have been staged at Glyndebourne.

A

Agreed
Albert Herring
Alcina
Ariadne auf Naxos

B

Il barbiere di Siviglia
Béatrice et Bénédict
Belongings
Billy Budd
La bohème

C

Carmen
Cendrillon
La Cenerentola
La clemenza di Tito
Così fan tutte
The Cunning Little Vixen

D

La damnation de Faust
Death in Venice
Dialogues des Carmélites
Don Giovanni
Don Pasquale

E

L'elisir d'amore
L’enfant et les sortilèges
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Eugene Onegin

F

The Fairy Queen
Falstaff
Fidelio
La finta giardiniera

G

Giulio Cesare

H

Hamlet
Hänsel und Gretel
L’heure espagnole
Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Hipermestra
Hippolyte et Aricie

I

Imago
L'incoronazione di Poppea

J

Jenůfa

K

Káťa Kabanová
Knight Crew

M

Madama Butterfly
Macbeth
Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The Merry Widow
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Misper

N

Nothing
Le nozze di Figaro

O

Owen Wingrave

P

Parsifal
Pay the Piper
Pelléas et Mélisande
Poliuto

R

The Rake's Progress
The Rape of Lucretia
Rigoletto
Rinaldo
Der Rosenkavalier
Rusalka

S

Saul
The Second Mrs Kong
Semele

T

La traviata
Tristan und Isolde
Il turco in Italia
The Turn of the Screw
Tycho’s Dream

V

Vanessa
La Voix humaine

W

Where the Wild Things Are
The Wreckers

Y

The Yellow Sofa

Z

Die Zauberflöte
Zoë

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