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Glyndebourne 2012: the highlights so far
Incredible highlights from the 2012 Glyndebourne festival, in pictures.
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1. The Cunning Little Vixen directed by Melly Still.
Opening the festival was a new production of The Cunning Little Vixen by director Melly Still. Still returns to Glyndebourne following her successful production of Dvořák’s Rusalka in 2009. Photography by Bill Cooper.
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2. The Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen
The Fox is played by Emma Bell.
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3. The hens in The Cunning Little Vixen
The hens are played by members of the Glyndebourne Chorus. Photo credit Bill Cooper.
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4. The Forester and his wife in The Cunning Little Vixen
The Forester is played by Sergei Leiferkus, and his wife is played by Jean Rigby. Photo credit Bill Cooper.
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5. The Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen
The Schoolmaster, played by Adrian Thompson. Photo credit Bill Cooper.
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6. Frantick and Vixen Sharp Ears in The Cunning Little Vixen
Frantik, played by Joshua Richardson, and Vixen Sharp Ears, played by Lucy Crowe. Photo credit Bill Cooper.
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7. La Boheme
Revival productions for 2012 included David McVicar's 2000 production of La Boheme. Photo credit Robert Workman.
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8. La Boheme
Schaunard (Michael Sumuel), Rodolfo (David Lomeli), Marcello (Andrei Bondarenko) and Colline (Nahuel Di Pierro). Photo credit Robert Workman.
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9. La Boheme's Rodolfo and Mimi
David Lomeli as Rodolfo and Ekaterina Scherbachenko as Mimi. Photo credit Robert Workman.
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10. La Boheme
David McVicar's 2000 production of La Boheme returns to the Glyndebourne festival.
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11. La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012
Rodolfo (David Lomeli) and Mimi (Ekaterina Scherbachenko). Photo credit Robert Workman.
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12. La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012
La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012. Rodolfo (David Lomeli) and Mimi (Ekaterina Scherbachenko). Photo credit Robert Workman.
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13. Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Rossini’s opera based on the traditional Cinderella story was directed by Sir Peter Hall.
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14. Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Don Magnifico and his daughters Clorinda and Tisbe. Glyndebourne 2012
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15. Rossini’s La Cenerentola
The central character Cenerentola is played here by Elizabeth DeShong. Photo credit Clive Barda.
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16. Rossini’s La Cenerentola returns to Glyndebourne
Dandini, played by Armando Noguera. Photo credit Clive Barda.
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17. Sir Peter Hall's production of La Cenerentola
Cenerentola faces up to Don Magnifico in the Sir Peter Hall's production at Glyndebourne.
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18. A Glyndebourne revival of Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Don Ramiro, played by Taylor Stayton and his servant, Dandini, Armando Noguera in La Cenerentola. Photo credit Clive Barda.
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19. Glyndebourne Festival 2012
In 2012, Glyndebourne became the first UK opera festival to be powered by renewable energy.
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20. Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Cenerentola, played by Elizabeth DeShong, and Don Ramiro, played by Taylor Stayton. Photo credit Clive Barda.
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21. Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Tisbe is played here by mezzo-soprano Victoria Yarovaya. Photo credit Clive Barda.
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22. Victoria Yarovaya at the Glyndebourne Festival
The Russian mezzo-soprano Victoria Yarovaya plays Tisbe in The Glyndebourne production of La Cenerentola . Photo credit Clive Barda.
