Gareth Malone goes to Glyndebourne

Gareth Malone, who has worked with Glyndebourne Education since 2000, returned to work on Knight Crew as Chorus Master, helping to find new talent and reach teenagers who would never normally get the chance to appear in an opera. Gareth’s journey, from auditioning the young chorus through to the final performances at Glyndebourne, was filmed by the BBC and formed part of a three-part documentary - Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne – which was first broadcast on BBC2 on Thursday 17 June 2010.

Knight Crew was Glyndebourne Education's 2010 project, placing youth and the community centre stage in four performances of a new commission from our first Composer in Residence, Julian Philips. With a libretto by award-winning author Nicky Singer, it was directed by John Fulljames and conducted by Nicholas Collon. The £400,000 budget for this significant new commission was raised from Arts Council England, individual support and trusts and foundations. The four performances were enthusiastically received, both by capacity audiences at Glyndebourne and by the press.

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Pascal Charbonneau as Art and Robert Winslade Anderson as Mordec in the 2010 Edu
The Mother's Chorus in the 2010 Education Department Production
The 2010 Education Department Production
Yvonne Howard as Myrtle and Art's Mother in the 2010 Education Department Produc
Claire Wild as Quin and Pascal Charbonneau as Art in the 2010 Education Departme
Claire Wild as Quin in the 2010 Education Department Production
Pascal Charbonneau as Art and Nadim Naaman as Lance in the 2010 Education Depart
The Knight Crew Chorus in the 2010 Education Department Production
Keisha Amponsa Banson as Elayne in the 2010 Production

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