The very last performance to be given in the original
Glyndebourne theatre is a concert in aid of the building of the new opera house, due to open in 1994. It is given in the presence of HRH the Prince of Wales.
Sir George Christie , Dame
Janet Baker , Sir Geraint Evans and Elisabeth Soderstrom present an evening of arias from operas particularly associated with Glyndebourne, by Monteverdi, Mozart,
Rossini, Richard Strauss and Verdi. The evening ends with a firework display.
The performers are
Kim Begley , Montserrat Caballe,
Cynthia Haymon , Felicity Lott , Benjamin Luxon , Frederica von Stade and Ruggero Raimondi.
With the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductors
Andrew Davis , Bernard Haitink with Martin Isepp (continuo). Staged by Stephen Lawless. TV director Christopher Swann
Event sponsored by S G Warburg Group eSTEREO
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