Festival 2010 Podcasts
Get insights into Glyndebourne productions with our series of podcasts which feature interviews with artists and production staff.
Festival 2010 podcasts
Listen to the Hänsel und Gretel podcast (12 mins)
Conductor Robin Ticciati talks to James Whitbourn about Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel.
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Listen to the Don Giovanni podcast (14 mins)
James Whitbourn interviews conductor Vladimir Jurowski about the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Audio excerpts with kind permission of EMI Classics
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Listen to the Macbeth podcast (12 mins)
James Whitbourn interviews singer Stephen Gadd and revival director Geoffrey Dolton about the 2010 revival of Verdi's Macbeth at the 2010 Festival.
Audio excerpts courtesy of:
EMI/New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Deutsche Grammophon/La Scala, Claudio Abbado
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Listen to Sir Charles Mackerras on Così fan tutte podcast (9 mins)
James Whitbourn interviews conductor Sir Charles Mackerras about the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Mozart's Così fan tutte.
Audio excerpts courtesy of Glyndebourne.
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Listen to conductor James Gaffigan on Così fan tutte podcast (11 mins)
James Whitbourn interviews conductor James Gaffigan about the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Mozart's Così fan tutte
Audio excerpts courtesy of Glyndebourne
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Listen to the Billy Budd podcast (20 mins)
James Whitbourn interviews director Michael Grandage and conductor Sir Mark Elder about the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd.
Audio excerpts courtesy of Decca/LSO, Benjamin Britten
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