Name: Billy Budd
Start: 2026-07-30T16:50:00
Location: Glyndebourne

Allan Clayton

Daniel Okulitch

Nicholas Carter

Laurence Kilsby

William Thomas

Sam Carl

Clive Bayley

Daniel Norman

Dingle Yandell

Alex Otterburn

John Mackenzie-Lavansch

Michael Wallace

Adam Marsden

Thomas Mole

Alasdair Elliott

Ru Charlesworth

Michael Ronan

Samuel Dale Johnson

Gabriel Elliott Rous

Michael Grandage

Aidan Oliver

Christopher Oram

Paule Constable

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Glyndebourne

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The richest man in Vienna has commissioned an evening’s entertainment. But when a tragic opera and a comedy troupe are forced to share the same stage, all bets are off. Strauss’ opera-within-an-opera is part farce, part dream-like fantasy, set to one of his most luscious scores.

Ariadne auf Naxos

When death claims his wife on their wedding day, Orpheus must brave the Underworld to rescue her. Can his music move the gods themselves? A classic myth brings together Monteverdi’s powerfully expressive score and a new staging by artist and Olivier Award-winning director William Kentridge.

L'Orfeo

When a young sailor is unjustly accused of mutiny, it triggers a tragic sequence of events. Good and evil, innocence and corruption come together in this heartbreaking opera, a seafaring epic brought to vivid life in Michael Grandage’s evocative, claustrophobic production.

Billy Budd

Kidnapped by pirates and sold into a harem, Konstanze and Blonde plot their escape. But when hope seems lost, help comes from an unexpected quarter. In Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) Mozart’s colourful score is perfectly matched by David McVicar’s gorgeous, tender staging, set in the sun-filled gardens and shady terraces of an 18th-century palace.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Rome trembles under Scarpia’s iron fist. Only the diva Tosca dares defy him – but in a corrupt world, love is no match for power. This high-stakes love story, with its sweepingly romantic score, is staged at Glyndebourne for the first time.

Tosca

When a lusty aristocrat tries to seduce his valet’s pretty young fiancée, his servants and long-suffering wife conspire to teach him a lesson in fidelity.

The Marriage of Figaro

When Count Almaviva falls in love with the beautiful Rosina from afar he enlists the help of cunning barber Figaro to help him win her. But first they must outwit her guardian Dr Bartolo, who secretly hopes to marry the wealthy heiress himself.

The barber of Seville

Tragedy gives way to hope in a concert celebrating the resilience and passion of the human spirit – pairing Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet ‘Fantasy Overture’ with Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9.

Beethoven 9

Spark tells a heartwarming tale of loss, friendship and keeping the spark of imagination alive. Don’t miss this world premiere by composer Lucy Armstrong and librettist Olivia Bell, directed by Fiona Dunn.

Spark

Join the massed forces of the internationally renowned Glyndebourne Chorus, the Glyndebourne Sinfonia and the talented children of the Glyndebourne Youth Opera for a concert of carols, opera choruses, orchestral favourites and more under the baton of Glyndebourne Chorus Director Aidan Oliver.