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27-May-2012
Glyndebourne Opera House
The Cunning Little Vixen at GlyndebourneDavid Karlin
Image credit: The wedding of Fox and Vixen © Bill CooperIf I were to describe Janáček's late opera The Cunning Little Vixen as a bit of a one-off, I could be accused of severe understatement. It's the only opera in the mainstream repertoire to be based on a cartoon strip, it mixes animals and humans at will and it incorporates dance and mime routines, all against the backdrop of the setting of ancient forest so beloved by middle European romantics.
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2-Jul-2011
Glyndebourne Opera House
Rinaldo at GlyndebourneTravis Mason
Image credit: Tim Mead as Eustazio © Bill CooperTo Glyndebourne, for the opening night of Handel's Rinaldo, the first of his operas to be staged in London in 1711, when he was just 26 years old. The opera was a roaring success at the time and the most-repeated of all Handel's operas during his lifetime and yet has been over-shadowed in recent decades by his other great masterpieces, with the result that Richard's Carsen's new production for Glyndebourne is the first in Britain for over 30 years.
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