Festival 2011 Podcasts
Get insights into Glyndebourne productions with our series of podcasts which feature interviews with artists and production staff.
Festival 2011 podcasts
Listen to The Turn of the Screw podcast (15 mins)
Conductor Jakub Hrůša and Director Jonathan Kent talk to James Whitbourn about The Turn of the Screw.
Clips from the Glyndebourne CD label recording - available in the Glyndebourne Shop
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Listen to the Rusalka podcast (15 mins)
Conductor Sir Andrew Davis and Director Melly Still talk to James Whitbourn about Dvořák's Rusalka.
Clips from the Glyndebourne CD label recording - available in the Glyndebourne Shop
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Listen to the Rinaldo podcast (14 mins)
Director Robert Carsen and Dramaturg Ian Burton talk talk to James Whitbourn about Handel's Rinaldo.
Supported by Matthew and Sally Ferrey through the Glyndebourne New Generation Programme.
Clips courtesy of Decca Classics - available in the Glyndebourne Shop
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Listen to Lynne Truss reading her story 'String and Air' based on Britten's The Turn of the Screw (27 mins)
In a special recording for the 2011 Festival Lynne Truss, author of Eats, shoots and leaves, reads her own story 'String and Air'.
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Listen to the L'elisir d'amore podcast (15 mins)
Conductor Enrique Mazzola and Director Annabel Arden talk to James Whitbourn about Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
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Listen to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg podcast (14 mins)
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski talks to James Whitbourn about Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
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Listen to the Don Giovanni podcast (14 mins)
Conductor Robin Ticciati talks to James Whitbourn about Mozart's Don Giovanni.
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- No, all Glyndebourne podcasts are free.
