Concluding the series in which
Sir George Christie , present owner and chairman of Glyndebourne, traces the history of the celebrated festival in conversation with James Naughtie.
New Beginnings. On 28 May 1994, a brand-new opera house opened its doors at Glyndebourne exactly 60 years after the first house opened in 1934. Sir George Christie talks about how the new house evolved and became so successful, and about how the festival has developed since that opening.
Featuring excerpts from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Janacek's The
Makropulos Case, Rossini's Ermione and Handel's Theodora, and with contributions from Graham Vick and Andrew Davis.
Producer Adam Gatehouse