First cast of the Glyndebourne Festival from 2014

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The first cast of the Glyndebourne Festival since 2014 list all the actors of the new operas at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera since the 2014 season, the year in which Robin Ticciati took over the musical direction of the festival.

2014

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Der Rosenkavalier by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss , May 2014
London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati	Richard Jones Paul Steinberg , Nicky Gillibrand	Tara Erraught Octavian Kate Royal Field Marshal Teodora Gheorghiu Sophie	Lars Woldt Baron Ochs on Lerchenau
La traviata by Francesco Maria Piave and Giuseppe Verdi based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas the Younger , July 2014
London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder	Tom Cairns Hildegard Bechtler	Venera Gimadieva Violetta Magdalena Molendowska Annina	Michael Fabiano Alfredo Tassis Christoyannis Germont
La finta giardiniera by Giuseppe Petrosellini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , June 2014
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Robin Ticciati	Frederic Wake-Walker Antony McDonald	Christiane Karg Sandrina Joélle Harvey Serpetta Rachel Frenkel Ramiro Nicole Heaston Arminda	Wolfgang Ablinger pickaxe Don Anchise Gyula Orendt / Gavan Ring Nardo Joel Prieto Belfiore

The following works have been resumed (in brackets the year of the new production):

• Handel: Rinaldo (2011)
• Mozart: Don Giovanni (2010)
• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (1994)

2015

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Poliuto by Gaetano Donizetti , May 2015
London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Enrique Mazzola	Mariame Clément Julia Hansen	Ana María Martínez Paolina	Michael Fabiano Poliuto Igor Golovatenko Severo Matthew Rose Callistene Timothy Robinson Felice Emanuele d'Aguanno Nearco
The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , June 2015
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus Robin Ticciati	David McVicar Vicki Mortimer	Sally Matthews Konstanze Mari Eriksmoen Blonde	Edgaras Montvidas Belmonte Brenden Gunnell Pedrillo Tobias Kehrer Osmin Franck Saurel Bassa Selim
Saul , oratorio by Georg Friedrich Handel , July 2015
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus Ivor Bolton	Barrie Kosky Katrin Lea Tag Otto Pichler Choreography	Sophie Bevan Michal, Saul's daughter Lucy Crowe Merab, Saul's daughter	Christopher Purves Saul Iestyn Davies David Paul Appleby Jonathan, son of Saul's Benjamin Hulett High Priest

Resumptions of this season:

• Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (1946)
• Ravel: L'Heure espagnole / L'enfant et les sortilèges (2012)

2016

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini , May 22, 2016 (sixteen performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Enrique Mazzola	Annabel Arden Joanna Parker James Farncombe Toby Sedgwick Movement Director	Danielle de Niese Rosina Janis Kelly Berta	Björn Bürger Figaro Taylor Stayton Conte Almaviva Alessandro Corbelli Dottore Bartolo Christophoros Stamboglis Basilio Huw Montague Rendall Fiorello Adam Marsden Officer
Béatrice et Bénédict by Hector Berlioz , based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing , 23 July 2016 (twelve performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus Antonello Manacorda	Laurent Pelly Barbara de Limburg , Laurent Pelly Duane Schuler Agathe Mélinand Dialogue Adaptation	Sophie Karthäuser Héro Stéphanie d'Oustrac Béatrice Katarina Bradić Ursule	Paul Appleby Bénédict Georges Bigot Léonato Charles Meunier Messenger Frédéric Caton Don Pedro Philippe Sly Claudio Lionel Lhote Somarone Paul Sheridan Notary

Resumptions of this season:

• Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981), August 11-28, 2016 (8 performances)
• Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012), June 12 to July 31, 2016 (13 performances)
• Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2012), July 3 to August 24, 2016 (17 performances)

2017

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Hipermestra by Giovanni Moniglia and Francesco Cavalli , UK premiere, 20 May to 8 July 2017 (13 performances)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie	Graham Vick	Emöke Baráth Hipermestra Ana Quintans Elisa	Raffaele Pe Linceo Renato Dolcini Danao Benjamin Hulett Arbante
Hamlet by Matthew Jocelyn (libretto) and Brett Dean (composition) based on Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, commissioned work, world premiere, 11 June to 6 July 2017 (eight performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski	Neil Armfield	Sarah Connolly Gertrude Barbara Hannigan Ophelia	Allan Clayton Hamlet Rod Gilfry Claudius Kim Begley Polonius John Tomlinson Ghost of Old Hamlet
La clemenza di Tito , opera by Caterino Mazzolà (based on Pietro Metastasio ) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , July 26th to August 26th 2017 (13 performances)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Chorus Robin Ticciati	Claus Guth	Alice Coote Vitellia Kate Lindsey Sesto Joélle Harvey Servilia	Steve Davislim Tito

Resumptions of this season:

• Donizetti: Don Pasquale (2011 Tour Production), July 13 to August 23, 2017 (14 performances)
• Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (2013), June 25 to July 27, 2017 (11 performances)
• Verdi: La traviata (2014), May 21 to June 19, 2017 (10 performances) and August 1 to 27, 2017 (ten performances)

2018

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini , May 19 to July 18, 2018 (17 performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra Omer Meir Wellber	Annilese Miskimmon	Olga Busuioc Cio-Cio-San Elizabeth DeShong Suzuki	Joshua Guerrero Lieutenant Pinkerton Michael Sumuel Sharpless
Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy , June 30th to August 9th 2018 (12 performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati	Stefan Herheim	Christina Gansch Mélisande Karen Cargill Geneviève	John Chest Pelléas Christopher Purves Golaud Richard Wiegold Arkel
Vanessa by Samuel Barber , UK premiere, 5th to 26th August 2018 (10 performances)
London Philharmonic Orchestra Jakub Hrůša	Keith Warner	Emma Bell Vanessa Virginie Verrez Erika	Edgaras Montvidas Anatol Donnie Ray Albert Doctor

Resumptions of this season:

• Handel: Saul (2015), July 19 to August 25, 2018 (13 performances)
• Handel: Giulio Cesare (2005), June 10 to July 28, 2018 (12 performances)
• Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (2014), May 20 to June 19, 2018 (11 performances)

Glyndebourne On Tour

Every year the Glyndebourne Festival organizes a tour through England, occasionally also beyond the national borders, whereby it comes to the use of festival productions as well as new productions.

2014

In Glyndebourne, and then in Woking (New Victoria Theater), Canterbury (The Marlowe Theater), Norwich (Theater Royal), Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Theater), Plymouth (Theater Royal), Dublin and Stoke-on-Trent .

• Britten: The Turn of the Screw (2006 Tour Production)
• Mozart: La finta giardiniera (2014)
• Verdi: La traviata (2014)

2015

In Glyndebourne, and then in Woking (New Victoria Theater), Norwich (Theater Royal), Canterbury (The Marlowe Theater), Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Theater), and in Plymouth (Theater Royal).

• Donizetti: Don Pasquale (2011 Tour Production)
• Handel: Saul (2015)
• Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio (2015)

2016

In Glyndebourne, and then in Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Theater), in Canterbury (The Marlowe Theater), Norwich (Theater Royal), Woking (New Victoria Theater) and in Plymouth (Theater Royal).

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Madama Butterfly by Giuseppe Giacosa , Luigi Illica and Giacomo Puccini , based on the tragedy of the same name by David Belasco , October 14, 2016
The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus John Wilson	Annilese Miskimmon Nicky Shaw Mark Jonathan Kally Lloyd Jones Movement director	Karah Son Cio-Cio-San Claudia Huckle Suzuki	Matteo Lippi Pinkerton Francesco Verna Sharpless Alun Rhys-Jenkins Goro Michael Druiett Bonze

And as a resumption:

• Mozart: Don Giovanni (2010)

2017

In Glyndebourne, and then in Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Theater), in Canterbury (The Marlowe Theater), Norwich (Theater Royal), Woking (New Victoria Theater) and in Plymouth (Theater Royal) with the following revivals:

• Dean: Hamlet (2017)
• Mozart: Così fan tutte (2006)
• Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (2016)

2018

In Glyndebourne, then in Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Theater), in Canterbury (The Marlowe Theater), Norwich (Theater Royal) and Woking (New Victoria Theater).

Conductor, choir director	Direction, equipment, lighting	singers	Singer
Cendrillon by Jules Massenet , October 13, 2018
The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra Duncan Ward	Fiona Shaw	Alix Le Saux Cendrillon Eleonore Pancrazi Prince Agnes Zwierko Madame de la Haltière Caroline Wettergreen Fee	William Dazeley Pandolfe Adam Marsden King

And as a resumption:

• Verdi: La traviata (2014)

See also

• First cast of the Glyndebourne Festival 1934 to 1940

source

• Glyndebourne Performance Archive. official website

Web links

Commons : Glyndebourne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Glyndebourne Festival Opera. official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rupert Christiansen: Glyndebourne 2014: Der Rosenkavalier, review , The Telegraph (London), May 18, 2014, accessed July 21, 2016.
2. ↑ Rupert Christiansen: La Traviata, Glyndebourne, review: 'exquisitely conducted' , The Telegraph (London), July 18, 2014, accessed July 21, 2016.
3. ↑ Andrew Clements: La Traviata review - Venera Gimadieva is thrilling in this elegant update , The Guardian (London), July 18, 2014, accessed July 21, 2016.
4. ↑ Rupert Christiansen: La Finta Giardiniera, review: 'feeble plot, stylish staging' , The Telegraph (London), June 29, 2014, accessed July 21, 2016.
5. ↑ Due to an illness of Gyula Orendt, the role was staged by him on the evening of the premiere, but sung by Gavan Ring from the side stage.
6. ↑ Opera on 3: Donizetti's Poliuto , BBC Radio 3 , June 22, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.
7. ↑ Tim Ashley: Die Entführung aus dem Serail review - outstanding, mesmerizing culture-clash comedy , The Guardian (London), June 14, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.
8. ↑ Richard Farman: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Glyndebourne, Sussex, UK - review , Financial Times (London), June 15, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.
9. ↑ Andrew Clements: Saul review - virtuoso, ravishing, one of Glyndebourne's finest shows , The Guardian (London), July 24, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.
10. ↑ Rupert Christiansen: Saul, Glyndebourne, review: 'utterly enthralling' , The Telegraph (London), July 24, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.