An exciting new production, created by 30 young people from Brighton and Hove, premieres at Preston Park’s Velodrome on July 14th as part of the city’s Olympic Torch Relay celebrations.
Vixen is the culmination of an ambitious youth project led by Glyndebourne in partnership with Central United Reformed Church Hove, the Brighton and Hove Youth Arts Project and the Youth Offending Service. The project is free to attend and open to everyone to enjoy.
This autumn the Glyndebourne Tour offers its most extensive range of opera yet; there are more venues, more operas and more chances to experience Glyndebourne at its best. From October to December the Tour presents ten weeks of thrilling performances bringing world-renowned, affordable opera to audiences across the country.
Picnics are a popular part of every British summer and this year there is even more reason to enjoy some al fresco dining, thanks to the diversity of celebratory events taking place across the country. From the Diamond Jubilee to the Olympics, Ascot to Glyndebourne, the picnic rugs are out in force this summer. Whatever the occasion, Glyndebourne’s new range of picnic wares will add a touch of sophistication to any event.
Following the launch of Glyndebourne’s wind turbine we are continuing our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint with a range of new sustainable picnic products.
When Glyndebourne Festival opens on 20 May it will be the first UK opera festival powered by renewable energy, establishing Glyndebourne as an environmental innovator in the arts.
The 78th Glyndebourne Festival presents 12 inspirational artists exhibiting more than 100 pieces of art and sculpture in the annual art collection that supports Glyndebourne’s Festival. Visual arts have long been integral to Glyndebourne and today, this area of work enhances our cultural output and compliments the annual Festival presenting a series of artistic and sculptural debuts that harmoniously synchronise with the 2012 Festival repertoire.
A major new production staged at Glyndebourne and performed by artists with learning disabilities will premiere on Glyndebourne’s main stage on 1st April 2012.
Following the success of Glyndebourne’s acclaimed Fairy Queen winning the 2011 BBC Music Magazine Award for best DVD, Glyndebourne is delighted to announce Britten’s Billy Budd has been nominated as best DVD for the 2012 awards.
This year’s nomination is even more exciting as this is the first year the public can vote for the category of Best DVD.
Reflecting on 2011, yet again I am struck by the extraordinary support that Glyndebourne receives from its Members and supporters. We have had an amazing year on many levels, including record Box Office sales for the Festival (closing at 99.4% sales) and unprecedented backing from our funders.
‘Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne’ wins the 2011 International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programme. Congratulations go to Twenty Twenty Television, the BBC, Gareth Malone and, of course, all the wonderful cast and musicians who took part in Knight Crew, Glyndebourne’s largest outreach project yet, which culminated in three performances from 4 - 6 March 2010. Gareth’s journey, from auditioning the young chorus through to the final performances at Glyndebourne, was filmed by the BBC as a three-part documentary, which was first broadcast on BBC2 in June 2010.
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