Saul
8 June – 24 July
Theatrical spectacle meets raw emotion in this blazingly original staging.
Jealousy drives a king to madness and destruction in a five star production from visionary director Barrie Kosky. This is Handel’s choral epic as you’ve never seen it before.
Sung in English with English supertitles
Creative team
Conductor
Jonathan Cohen
Director
Barrie Kosky
Designer
Katrin Lea Tag
Choreographer
Otto Pichler
Lighting Designer
Joachim Klein
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast includes
Saul
Christopher Purves
David
Iestyn Davies
Merab
Sarah Brady
Michal
Soraya Mafi
Jonathan
Linard Vrielink
The edition of Saul used in these performances is published by Bärenreiter-Edition Kassel. Performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd, London.
Photos: Bill Cooper
To find out more about production support for Festival 2025 click here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 013308 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com.
Main image: Stocksy/Image treatment by Melissa Castro Duarte