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    Glyndebourne 2012: the highlights so far

    Incredible highlights from the 2012 Glyndebourne festival, in pictures.

    1. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      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.

    2. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      2. The Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen

      The Fox is played by Emma Bell.

    3. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      3. The hens in The Cunning Little Vixen

      The hens are played by members of the Glyndebourne Chorus. Photo credit Bill Cooper.

    4. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      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.

    5. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      5. The Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen

      The Schoolmaster, played by Adrian Thompson. Photo credit Bill Cooper.

    6. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      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.

    7. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      7. La Boheme

      Revival productions for 2012 included David McVicar's 2000 production of La Boheme. Photo credit Robert Workman.

    8. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      8. La Boheme

      Schaunard (Michael Sumuel), Rodolfo (David Lomeli), Marcello (Andrei Bondarenko) and Colline (Nahuel Di Pierro). Photo credit Robert Workman.

    9. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      9. La Boheme's Rodolfo and Mimi

      David Lomeli as Rodolfo and Ekaterina Scherbachenko as Mimi. Photo credit Robert Workman.

    10. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      10. La Boheme

      David McVicar's 2000 production of La Boheme returns to the Glyndebourne festival.

    11. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      11. La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      Rodolfo (David Lomeli) and Mimi (Ekaterina Scherbachenko). Photo credit Robert Workman.

    12. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      12. La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      La Boheme at Glyndebourne Festival 2012. Rodolfo (David Lomeli) and Mimi (Ekaterina Scherbachenko). Photo credit Robert Workman.

    13. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      13. Rossini’s La Cenerentola

      Rossini’s opera based on the traditional Cinderella story was directed by Sir Peter Hall.

    14. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      14. Rossini’s La Cenerentola

      Don Magnifico and his daughters Clorinda and Tisbe. Glyndebourne 2012

    15. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      15. Rossini’s La Cenerentola

      The central character Cenerentola is played here by Elizabeth DeShong. Photo credit Clive Barda.

    16. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      16. Rossini’s La Cenerentola returns to Glyndebourne

      Dandini, played by Armando Noguera. Photo credit Clive Barda.

    17. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      17. Sir Peter Hall's production of La Cenerentola

      Cenerentola faces up to Don Magnifico in the Sir Peter Hall's production at Glyndebourne.

    18. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      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.

    19. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      19. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      In 2012, Glyndebourne became the first UK opera festival to be powered by renewable energy.

    20. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      20. Rossini’s La Cenerentola

      Cenerentola, played by Elizabeth DeShong, and Don Ramiro, played by Taylor Stayton. Photo credit Clive Barda.

    21. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      21. Rossini’s La Cenerentola

      Tisbe is played here by mezzo-soprano Victoria Yarovaya. Photo credit Clive Barda.

    22. Glyndebourne Festival 2012

      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.

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