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Fans of Ibsen should see Emperor and Galilean

16.06.11
Uncut, Emperor and Galilean could be as long as eight hours; here, in a new version by Ben Power, it runs for slightly more than three... more

A Month in the Country is Chekhovian to the core

01.10.10
After five superb months in the country, the 2010 Chichester Festival season wraps up with A Month in the Country, a production that is stylish in every way... more

Spanish passion seizes the day in Don Giovanni

05.07.10
Vladimir Jurowski screws the tension tightly but allows for moments of calm melancholy, as in the mandolin-accompanied serenade of Don Giovanni.... more

Terfel's evil genius in Tosca

10.07.09
It's Bryn Terfel's richly textured Scarpia that steals the show in Tosca.... more

Flair and flirting in The Fairy Queen

22.06.09
Paul Brown's ingenious sets for The Fairy Queen, ravishingly lit by Mark Henderson, sustain interest over a long evening at the Glyndebourne.... more

Oedipus is big, brave and bold

16.10.08
It is an evening of many flaws, but as Ralph Fiennes demonstrates, Oedipus remains irresistibly terrifying. ... more

Shocking story of Nazi moll raises big questions

21.05.08
Jonathan Kent's engaging production of Marguerite tells the brutal tale of a Nazi moll in a musical of morals. ... more

Sex, death and politics

13.05.08
In barely 100 minutes Puccini's Tosca delivers corruption, sexual passion, political insurrection, religious hypocrisy and murder.... more

Comedy? You must be joking

07.02.08
The Sea is worth seeing for Eileen Atkins, but then her character is the only one that pursues a coherent course through the play.... more

A sea of despair, farce and black comedy

24.01.08
Jonathan Kent's revival of absurd black comedy The Sea, oscillates abruptly between farce, comedy and despair.... more

Lusty laughs prove comedy is still in rude health

10.10.07
Jonathan Kent's production of The Country Wife is boisterous enough, but needs more comic invention to work.... more

Adams's mystifying but soothing eco-fable

13.08.07
John Adams's new opera, A Flowering Tree, shuns the contemporary politics of Nixon in China and turns to ancient South Indian mythology.... more

Just the season for subtle ghost story

01.11.06
The subtlety of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has ensured its survival and this Glyndebourne on Tour production is alert to its contemporary resonances.... more


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