Glyndebourne Festival 2014

[Nick Armstrong]

The production of L'Enfant will surely be revived before long, it is one of the most fun filled, inventive and beguilingly beautiful things I have seen in the theatre. IGI, please let us know your views on the DVD, a purchase is approaching over the horizon I fear...

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

The production of L'Enfant will surely be revived before long, it is one of the most fun filled, inventive and beguilingly beautiful things I have seen in the theatre. IGI, please let us know your views on the DVD, a purchase is approaching over the horizon I fear...

Will do. All being well, the review should be in October's IRR. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Glyndebourne toured the Ravel double bill in 2014, or at the main festival the following season.

[PhilipT]

PS - personally I would not recommend some of the restricted view seats, they provide a really weird and not terribly pleasant experience. They are of course cheaper, but I most certainly would rather pay more for a more comfortable day out.

It depends. The cheapest restricted view seats - the Upper Circle Slips nearest the front - are a bit weird, I grant, but the most expensive restricted view seats (no, it's not an oxymoron) are a steal. Those magic words "Handrail in sightline" shave a lot of money off the price.

[Bax-of-Delights]

It depends. The cheapest restricted view seats - the Upper Circle Slips nearest the front - are a bit weird, I grant, but the most expensive restricted view seats (no, it's not an oxymoron) are a steal. Those magic words "Handrail in sightline" shave a lot of money off the price.

I agree - we had "cheap" seats for Figaro this season and saw 95% of the stage from our position in the Circle side, three seats from the front. Any closer and the stage view would have diminished considerably. And we got to peer down on the orchestra - and Roger Daltrey of the Who who was sitting three rows from the front in the stallls. Old rockers don't fade away, they go to Glyndebourne.

(Is this the only occasion where one can be grammatically correct in writing "Who who"?)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

(Is this the only occasion where one can be grammatically correct in writing "Who who"?)

Tom Baker was the the actor playing the Doctor Who who first met Davros.

[Nick Armstrong]

the the

Feverish fingers, ferney?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Feverish fingers, ferney?

- I blame Victoria Coren-Mitchell.

(Actually, take out the comma and you've got her pet nickname for me!)

[Nick Armstrong]

(Actually, take out the comma and you've got her pet nickname for me!)

...and then you wake up.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...and then you wake up.

Sad, but true.

[Nick Armstrong]

Sad, but true.

Whispers: I can't bear her...

PS I think we might be digressing

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm going to put my neck out here, The only operas that interest me are the Handel and Tchaikovsky

Not the Ravel or Rosenkavalier, Bbm? I'd swap those for the Tchaikovsky.

I got all excited reading the Season Intro from the link in the OP, as I thought they were going to do The Second Mrs Kong again. Turns out, it's just the director coming back to do another bum-putter on seats

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not the Ravel or Rosenkavalier, Bbm? I'd swap those for the Tchaikovsky.

Oops - no Ravel involved (another reference to a previous production that I've misread).

I got all excited reading the Season Intro from the link in the OP, as I thought they were going to do The Second Mrs Kong again. Turns out, it's just the director coming back to do another bum-putter on seats

In fact, if I've (finally) read the information correctly, the most recent piece in the 2014 Season was written in 1911?!

[Nick Armstrong]

no Ravel involved

[Bax-of-Delights]

Feverish fingers, ferney?

"The the" could be correct in another association though. There is (was) a rock band called "The" so the The it would be OR as those from up north would pronounce it " 't 'T "
(with a nod to Barry Cryer for that one).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"The the" could be correct in another association though. There is (was) a rock band called "The" so the The it would be OR as those from up north would pronounce it " 't 'T "
(with a nod to Barry Cryer for that one).

They (or another band) were actually called "The The":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_The

... which caused a Mobius Strip of confused logic when putting their albums in alphabetical order in one's collection. The The were featured on one of the Only Connect Walls last night (with Duran Duran and other double-word pop groups) - which is why I blame Victoria Coren - Mitchell for my gaffe earlier.