City Screen Presents
Opera from Glyndebourne
The Rake's Progress, Billy Budd & Hansel & Gretel
Saturday 21 August 6.30pm
The Rake’s Progress
by Igor Stravinsky
Screened LIVE from the Glyndebourne Festival
Glyndebourne has become synonymous with The Rake’s Progress thanks to John Cox’s 1975 production which was framed within David Hockney’s delightfully post- Hogarthian cross-hatched designs. With John Cox and David Hockney returning to recreate their acclaimed production, it will be conducted for the first time by
Glyndebourne’s current Music DirectorVladimir Jurowski.
“If ever a production was in danger of becoming more famous than the opera itself, this is the one.”
The Guardian
Tuesday 24 August 6.30pm
Billy Budd
by Benjamin Britten
Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, made his long-awaited operatic debut directing Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd at
Glyndebourne this summer, to widespread critical acclaim. Sir Mark Elder conducted this opera for the first time, marking his 100th operatic production in his illustrious musical career.
“I was enthralled beyond my wildest hopes by this stupendous achievement, and scarcely know where to begin lavishing praise. If there are any tickets
for the remaining performances, I can only urge every serious opera-lover to go to murderous lengths to acquire them.”
The Daily Telegraph
Thursday 26 August 6.30pm
Hansel and Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck
With its familiar fairy-tale story, feelgood ending and magical mix of simple folk tunes and rich Wagnerian textures, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel has long
cast its musical spell over both adults and children. This deliciously witty production sees the broom-maker’s two outcast children lose their way in the enchanted forest before finding themselves in every hungry child’s dream.
“This poetic, witty and imaginative modernising of Hansel and Gretel gives fresh vitality to Humperdinck’s adorable masterpiece.”
The Daily Telegraph
The Rake’s Progress
by Igor Stravinsky
Screened LIVE from the Glyndebourne Festival
Glyndebourne has become synonymous with The Rake’s Progress thanks to John Cox’s 1975 production which was framed within David Hockney’s delightfully post- Hogarthian cross-hatched designs. With John Cox and David Hockney returning to recreate their acclaimed production, it will be conducted for the first time by
Glyndebourne’s current Music DirectorVladimir Jurowski.
“If ever a production was in danger of becoming more famous than the opera itself, this is the one.”
The Guardian
Tuesday 24 August 6.30pm
Billy Budd
by Benjamin Britten
Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, made his long-awaited operatic debut directing Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd at
Glyndebourne this summer, to widespread critical acclaim. Sir Mark Elder conducted this opera for the first time, marking his 100th operatic production in his illustrious musical career.
“I was enthralled beyond my wildest hopes by this stupendous achievement, and scarcely know where to begin lavishing praise. If there are any tickets
for the remaining performances, I can only urge every serious opera-lover to go to murderous lengths to acquire them.”
The Daily Telegraph
Thursday 26 August 6.30pm
Hansel and Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck
With its familiar fairy-tale story, feelgood ending and magical mix of simple folk tunes and rich Wagnerian textures, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel has long
cast its musical spell over both adults and children. This deliciously witty production sees the broom-maker’s two outcast children lose their way in the enchanted forest before finding themselves in every hungry child’s dream.
“This poetic, witty and imaginative modernising of Hansel and Gretel gives fresh vitality to Humperdinck’s adorable masterpiece.”
The Daily Telegraph
From 21st August To 26th August
Times 6.30pm
Prices £10-£15
Venue Forum Theatre
Genre Film
The Rake’s Progress
This is opera, but not as I’ve known it. This is a live screened event: an old tradition with a twenty-first century twist. We drift into the auditorium, hearing the buzz of conversation grow as we wait for the curtain to rise, but neither the conversation nor the curtain are in Malvern. They're in Glyndebourne, bouncing by satellite to big screens around the ...... more 
