Glyndebourne Tour hits the road + screenings of Chaplin’s City Lights with live orchestral accompaniment

Glyndebourne Tour hits the road in November taking performances of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (pictured), Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress and Handel’s choral masterpiece Messiah to The Marlowe, Canterbury (3 – 5 November), Milton Keynes Theatre (10 – 12 November), Norwich Theatre Royal (24 – 26 November) and Liverpool Empire (1 – 3 December). 

Also this month, back at Glyndebourne, will be two screenings of Charlie Chaplin’s classic 1931 silent romantic comedy City Lights, with live musical accompaniment from the Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra.

NOVEMBER

ON TOUR: GLYNDEBOURNE TOUR 2021 ON THE ROAD

  • 3 – 5 November: Glyndebourne Tour at The Marlowe, Canterbury
    • Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress – 3 November (7.15pm)
    • Handel’s Messiah – 4 November (7.15pm)
    • Donizetti, Don Pasquale – 5 November (7.15pm)
  • 10 – 12 November:  Glyndebourne Tour at Milton Keynes Theatre
    • Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress – 10 November (7.15pm)
    • Handel’s Messiah – 11 November (7.15pm)
    • Donizetti, Don Pasquale – 12 November (7.15pm)
  • 24 – 26 November: Glyndebourne Tour at the Theatre Royal, Norwich
    • Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress – 24 November (7.15pm)
    • Handel’s Messiah – 25 November (7.15pm)
    • Donizetti, Don Pasquale – 26 November (7.15pm)
  • 1 December – 3 December: Glyndebourne Tour at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool
    • Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress – 1 December (7.15pm)
    • Handel’s Messiah – 2 December (7.15pm)
    • Donizetti, Don Pasquale – 3 December (7.15pm)

ON STAGE: CITY LIGHTS
19 November (4.00pm) & 20 November (2.00pm)
Tickets £10 – £50
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A screening of Charlie Chaplin’s classic 1931 silent romantic comedy in the auditorium at Glyndebourne with live musical accompaniment from the Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra. An undisputed masterpiece of cinema, City Lights is Chaplin at his most hilarious, but also his most moving.

DECEMBER 

ON STAGE: 8 DECEMBER – GLYNDEBOURNE CHRISTMAS CONCERT OPENS
8 and 9 December (7.00pm)
11 and 12 December (3.00pm)
Tickets £10 – £60
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A showcase for the talents of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Tour Orchestra. The concert starts with opera highlights – rousing tunes that will stay in your head long after the curtain comes down – followed by yuletide classics and carols for all.

ON STAGE: 10 DECEMBER – HANDEL’S MESSIAH
10 December (7.00pm)
Tickets £10 – £60
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This autumn Glyndebourne stages Handel’s Messiah offering a rare opportunity to see – and hear – Glyndebourne’s exceptional chorus centre-stage.

ABOVE: Don Pasquale (photographer, Robbie Jack)