Opera where the company works on a production toge...

Opera where the company works on a production together, rather than being thrown together at the last minute; where visual and vocal beauty unite with humour; where productions are the sum of efforts by numbers of people rather than the vehicle for a directors ego; where voices are often fresh and new, the stars of today and tomorrow rather than yesterday; where festival combines a fresh look at the old and an opportunity to enjoy the new; and an opera house, atmosphere and environment conducive to civilised enjoyment, make Glyndebourne one of the chief pleasures of my life.