Glyndebourne Festival Opera: A Gala Evening

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

A gala concert from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera features celebrated singers performing operatic works with a full chorus and orchestra. The performance took place in 1992 and was recorded for television.

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What happens

Glyndebourne Festival Opera: A Gala Evening was a 111-minute concert staged by Glyndebourne Festival Opera on 24 July 1992, performed by Kim Begley, Montserrat Caballé, Cynthia Haymon, Felicity Lott, Benjamin Luxon, Ruggero Raimondi and Frederica von Stade with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Bernard Haitink. It was televised in the United Kingdom by the BBC and released on VHS Videocassette by Kultur Video and on DVD by Image Entertainment, Arthaus Musik and Geneon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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