Glyndebourne - Opera in an English Countryhouse

In this video, I take you to Glyndebourne Festival, a countryhouse opera festival in England and discuss what makes it different from city opera house.

00:00 - Intro
00:59 - When & Where is the Glyndebourne Festival?
01:47 - What do people do at Glyndebourne?
02:13 - How to get to Glyndebourne from London
02:36 - Arriving at Glyndebourne & What to do before the opera
02:54 - Inside the opera house
03:11 - Things to do during the interval
04:07 - 3 things that are different from city opera house
04:22 - 1. Time
05:03 - 2. Interval
05:34 - 3. Dress code
06:28 - Outtro

[glynnwright]

The main difference to other opera houses is that it receives no subsidies. Attendees pay the high ticket prices because they enjoy the format, the walk through the gardens, the formal dress and the opportunity to have a picnic. Most of the attendees are the people that you will find in London at Covent Garden, The Barbican or Wigmore Hall in the winter months. It is their opportunity to have a day out in the countryside and, when it is sunny, as I anticipate it will be tomorrow when we visit, it is glorious.

[keitholm]

Did you also get inside the country house at Glyndebourne, or is it not allowed?

[papagen]

you should put Santa Fe Opera Festival on your bucket list. It's an amazing location and opera house.