Welcome to our 2010 Season The 2010 Festival season opens with two exciting firsts: Glyndebourne’s first ever production of Britten’s masterpiece, Billy Budd, and the operatic debut of one of our leading theatre directors, Michael Grandage. Our second new production is Don Giovanni, conducted by Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski, and directed by Jonathan Kent, following his ingenious interpretation of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen during the 75th Festival season. We are also reviving four acclaimed productions, which I hope will give our audiences a rich and varied programme to enjoy. We continue to look for initiatives to complement your enjoyment of Glyndebourne, including a variety of pre-performance talks and study events (pages 14–15), alternative ways to engage with us through under 30s’ initiatives and family tickets, and the ever-expanding Glyndebourne Returns Club (pages 30–31). Full details of all the operas and a selection of material to enhance your visit can be found at www.glyndebourne.com, together with a wealth of information about our activities throughout the year, including our pioneering education programme, details about Glyndebourne on Tour and the full programme of cinema screenings both in the UK and internationally. I look forward to welcoming you to the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival. David Pickard General Director 20 May – 29 August 2010 Benjamin Britten Billy Budd Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Igor Stravinsky The Rake’s Progress 1 previous page next page