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The Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the UK has announced its 2025 performance lineup. The 2026 season will run from May 21 to August 31.

According to the announcement, the new productions will include Puccini’s “Tosca” and Monteverdi’s “Orfeo,” both making their festival debuts, as well as Richard Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos.” Additionally, Rossini’s “The Turkish Rake,” Britten’s “Billy Budd,” and Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” will be revived, bringing the total to six works.

The lineup is as follows.


Puccini《Tosca》= New Production
21 May – 22 June　/　4 – 30 August
［PRODUCTION］Ted Huffman
［CONDUCTOR］Robin Ticciati – Jordan de Souza（London Philharmonic Orchestra）
［CAST］Caitlin Gotimer – Natalya Romaniw　/　Matteo Lippi – Atalla Ayan　/　Vladislav Sulimsky – Alfred Walker

Monteverdi《Orfeo》= New Production
14 June – 25 July
［PRODUCTION］William Kentridge
［CONDUCTOR］Jonathan Cohen（Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment）
［CAST］Krystian Adam　/　Francesca Aspromonte　/　Leia Lensing　/　Callum Thorpe　/　Davide Giangregorio

Richard Strauss《Ariadne auf Naxos》= New Production
19 July – 29 August
［PRODUCTION］Laurent Pelly
［CONDUCTOR］Robin Ticciati（London Philharmonic Orchestra）
［CAST］Rachel Willis-Sørensen　/　David Butt Philip　/　Alina Wunderlin

Rossini《Il turco in Italia》
23 May – 9 July
［PRODUCTION］Mariame Clément
［CONDUCTOR］Vincenzo Milletarì（London Philharmonic Orchestra）
［CAST］Rodion Pogossov　/　David Portillo　/　Elena Villalón　/　Péter Kálmán　/　Anle Gou

Britten《Billy Budd》
28 June – 30 July
［PRODUCTION］Michael Grandage
［CONDUCTOR］Nicholas Carter（London Philharmonic Orchestra）
［CAST］Thomas Mole　/　Allan Clayton　/　Sam Carl

Mozart《Die Entführung aus dem Serail》
31 July – 28 August
［PRODUCTION］David McVicar
［CONDUCTOR］Evan Rogister（Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment）
［CAST］Liv Redpath　/　Anthony León　/　Julie Roset　/　Brenton Ryan　/　Michael Mofidian

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