Glyndebourne and Figaro: a perfect match

The son of the festival's founder and Glyndebourne's first Susanna looks forward to a new production of Mozart's great comic operaThe Marriage of Figaro kicked off Glyndebourne's first festival in 1934; 60 years later to the day – 28 May 1994 – it was the work that opened its new opera house. This month it again returns in a new production, directed by Michael Grandage and conducted by Robin Ticciati, who takes over from Vladimir Jurowski as music director of the festival in 2014.My father, ...

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