16 May – 24 August 2025

Festival

Our flagship summer programme of world class opera. Enjoy a performance in our indoor auditorium, and picnic in our gardens or dine in our restaurants during the 90-minute interval. 

Introduction to Glyndebourne

Festival 2025

New productions
Wagner

Parsifal

17 May – 24 June 2025

Director: Jetske Mijnssen
Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Cast includes:
Daniel Johansson as Parsifal and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Kundry
Parsifal is supported by Christopher and Sarah Smith

Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro

29 June – 21 August 2025
Director: Mariame Clément
Conductor: Riccardo Minasi
Cast includes: Huw Montague Rendall as Count Almaviva, Louise Alder as Countess Almaviva, Michael Nagl as Figaro and Anna El-Khashem as Susanna.
Revivals
Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia

16 May – 3 July 2025
Director: Annabel Arden
Conductor: Rory Macdonald
Cast includes: Cecilia Molinari as Rosina, Germán Olvera as Figaro, Jonah Hoskins as Count Almaviva and Fabio Capitanucci as Dr Bartolo
A revival of the Festival 2016 production
Handel

Saul

8 June – 24 July 2025
Director: Barrie Kosky
Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Cast includes: Christopher Purves as Saul, Iestyn Davies as David, Linard Vrielink as Jonathan, Sarah Brady as Merab and Soraya Mafi as Michal.
A revival of the Festival 2015 production
Verdi

Falstaff

13 July – 24 August 2025
Director: Richard Jones
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Cast includes: Renato Girolami as Falstaff, Anna Princeva as Alice Ford and Rodion Pogossov as Ford.
A revival of the Festival 2009 production
Janáček

Káťa Kabanová

3 – 23 August 2025
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Cast includes: Kateřina Kněžíková as Káťa, Nicky Spence as Boris, Susan Bickley as Kabanicha, John Tomlinson as Dikój and Miles Mykkanen as Tichon.
A revival of the Festival 2021 production
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