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  • Samuel Barber, Vanessa

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opera Samuel Barber's Vanessa Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra – Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol), Rosalind Plowright (The Old Baroness)

Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra – Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol), Rosalind Plowright (The Old Baroness)

Samuel Barber's Vanessa Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra – Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol), Rosalind Plowright (The Old Baroness)

About

This work won Samuel Barber his first Pulitzer Prize for music: the Glyndebourne Festival presents Vanessa, a masterpiece premiered in 1958 based on a libretto by the composer's (romantic and professional) partner of more than 40 years, Gian Carlo Menotti. Set to one of the most beautiful scores of the 20th Century, Vanessa tells the haunting story of a woman who, once abandoned by her lover Anatol, retreats from the world to await his return, living in isolation with her mother and niece. Two decades later, a man arrives who shatters the delicate balance of their home… Olivier Award-winning stage director Keith Warner is joined by a brilliant cast and the London Philharmonic under Kevin Lin for this musical and dramatic masterpiece of Hitchcockian psychological twists!

Photo : Jakub Hrůša © Andreas Herzau

Cast

  • Keith Warner | Stage director
  • Ashley Martin-Davis | Designer
  • Mark Jonathan | Lighting designer
  • Alex Uragallo | Projection designer
  • Virginie Verrez | Erika
  • Emma Bell | Vanessa
  • Edgaras Montvidas | Anatol
  • Rosalind Plowright | The Old Baroness
  • Donnie Ray Albert | The Old Doctor
  • William Thomas | Nicholas, the Major-Domo
  • Romanas Kudriašovas | Footman
  • The Glyndebourne Chorus
  • Nicholas Jenkins | Chorus director

Program

  • Samuel Barber, Vanessa

Details

  • Directed by:
    • François Roussillon
  • Venue: Glyndebourne (Lewes, Great Britain)
  • Production date: 2018
  • Duration: 2 h 06 min
  • Available version(s): EN
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Contemporary operas The Best of Samuel Barber American Opera The most beautiful operas in English

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