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OPINION - Yes, opera has an age problem — because society has an education problem

At the height of the summer season Glyndebourne’s lawns look bleached. A panorama of pale, straw-like grass, bone Panama hats, white starched shirts, white linen tablecloths and, crowning it all, puffs of white hair. I watch men in mothballed tuxes negotiate the rose garden, unsteady on their feet, and fragile,…

Evening Standard

Tosca at Glyndebourne: Adds a few shocking twists of the knife

5/5 Ted Huffman’s new production at Glyndebourne relocates Puccini’s opera to the Fascist period

Evening Standard

‘The cultural landscape is decimated’: Louise Alder on stage fright, arts funding and the Last Night of the Proms

The great soprano will be the first British singer to top the bill at the Last Night in over a decade. So why does she advise her younger colleagues to leave the country?

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David Rendall obituary

Tenor who sang at La Scala and Glyndebourne and although dogged by misfortune lived life to the full

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Parsifal at Glyndebourne review: Wagnerian drama at its most gripping

4/5 Jetske Mijnssen’s risky yet revelatory production of Wagner’s enigmatic opera centres compassion and critiques negative sexual stereotypes

Evening Standard

Glastonbury is as popular as ever, but complaints about the lineup reveal its generational challenge

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock since 1970 you will be aware of the five-day Glastonbury festival held every June (apart from “fallow” years to rest the land and the organisers), near Pilton in Somerset. Glastonbury is as much a pillar of the English summer as tennis at Wimbledon…

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The week in classical: Giulio Cesare; Così fan tutte; Siegfried/Götterdämmerung – review

There is much fun and an excellent cast in David McVicar’s sparkling Handel revival; Mozart’s partner-swap opera soars with exuberant solos; and Wagner’s Ring marathon reaches a roaring climax

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The week in classical: Carmen; Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano – review

Glyndebourne hits 90 with Bizet’s sultry crowd-pleaser. Elsewhere, a starry farewell to a much loved maestro, and the fight to save Welsh National Opera

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Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed orchestras on 3 continents, dies at 80

Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.

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In the name of anti-elitism, Arts Council England has declared war on opera and excellence

‘Good’ singers performing great music by dead people. Who’d listen to that?

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L’Elisir d’Amore review – Glyndebourne takes Donizetti into the 1950s with wit and charm

A strong cast and gleeful chorus enliven this revival of Annabel Arden’s insightful production, which plays up the opera’s irony

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The Guardian view on touring opera: thwarted in its mission to bring music to the people

Editorial: It would be a tragedy if funding cuts reinforced the myth that a varied and vital art form is simply a pastime for the metropolitan elite

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Ryland Davies obituary

Welsh operatic tenor who impressed audiences with the sweetness of his voice and his effortless projection

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The week in classical: Itch; Semele; Prom 16: Hallé/Elder – review

Jonathan Dove transforms Simon Mayo’s ripping yarn into an exhilarating instant classic; it’s Thebes by way of Port Talbot in Adele Thomas’s Glyndebourne debut; and all hail the Hallé

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The week in classical: Dialogues des Carmélites; Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Rattle – review

Poulenc’s shattering opera disturbs and confounds in Barrie Kosky’s new Glyndebourne production; Wagner meets the pre-Raphaelites at Grange Park Opera. Plus, a thrilling farewell from Simon Rattle

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Nicholas Snowman obituary

Arts administrator who founded the London Sinfonietta and led the Southbank Centre and Glyndebourne

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Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour programme after funding cuts

Opera company lost more than half its funding after Arts Council England sought to divert money to underserved regions

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The week in classical: The Marriage of Figaro; Mahler Symphony No 8 review – phenomenal

Mozart’s divine comedy is a shimmering feast for Glyndebourne, while Mahler’s epic symphony brings joy and redemption to a packed Royal Albert Hall

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Opera director condemns Raab’s sneers at Angela Rayner’s visit to Glyndebourne

John Berry says ‘champagne socialism’ criticism of Labour’s deputy leader by Tory minister is ‘sad and embarrassing’

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Why on earth shouldn’t Angela Rayner go to the opera?

Dominic Raab’s attack on the Labour frontbencher’s attendance at Glyndebourne says more about our class-ridden approach to culture than it does about her

Daily Mirror

Angela Rayner hits back at 'dim-witted' Dominic Raab over 'champagne socialist' opera jibe

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner warned Justice Secretary Dominic Raab to "cut out the snobbery" after PMQs clash in which he winked at her

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A classicist at Glastonbury: ‘Headbanging in raincoats? It’s as English as Gardeners’ Question Time’

Our chief culture writer is a Glyndebourne veteran, but has never been to the world’s biggest music festival – so what did she make of the spectacle, the songs and the hedonism?

Daily Record

Deborah James shares heartbreaking comparison photos on return to 'favourite place'

The 40-year-old activist, also known as Bowel Babe online, was dressed to the nines to watch La Boheme at Glyndebourne in Sussex.

Daily Mirror

Deborah James shares heartbreaking comparison photos as she returns to 'favourite place'

Dame Deborah James has shown fans the devastating effect cancer has had on her body as she took a trip to the opera with her husband five years after attending the event at Glyndebourne

Evening Standard

The Wreckers at Glyndebourne review: Thrilling production of Ethel Smyth’s grossly neglected, pioneering work

Ethel Smyth’s under-appreciated work matches a drama of powerful moral principles with a score of remarkable individuality and inspiration

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