Saul

May 27, 2016

3h 5m

★ 0.0

Overview

Glyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calling the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing. For The Independent, which ranked it amongst five top classical and opera performances of 2015, there was no praise too high for the cast. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Ivor Bolton sparkles from the pit with period panache, and designer Katrin Lea Tag's exuberant costumes (The Times ****) set the Old Testament story in Handel's time, with a witty twinge of the contemporary.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

François Roussillon

Sky Arts

sonostream.tv

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Cast

Conductor

Ivor Bolton

Merab

Lucy Crowe

Michal

Sophie Bevan

Saul/Apparition of Samuel

Christopher Purves

David

Iestyn Davies

Jonathan

Paul Appleby

Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg

Benjamin Hulett

Witch of Endor

John Graham-Hall

Orchestra Leader

Alison Bury

Chorus Master

Jeremy Bines

Dancer

Otis-Cameron Carr

Dancer

Robin Gladwin

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