“Glyndebourne is to host its first outdoor opera, as it announces plans to restart concerts this summer,” writes Gabriella Swerling in Monday’s (6/22) Telegraph (U.K.). “The opera house in East Sussex will hold a season of open-air performances in July and August. Audiences are to be seated in household groups, with social distancing measures observed at all times. In the event of bad weather, performances will be cancelled and tickets refunded…. Glyndebourne said its move to reopen was prompted by audiences who had petitioned for organizers to find a safe way to put on live music this summer. From mid-July, Glyndebourne will be adding outdoor concerts performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment…. During August, concerts will be performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and as the season progresses, Glyndebourne will stage an opera in the open air for the first time. Dress code, as always, is ‘discretionary.’ However, organizers said that the many social media images of people wearing black tie for its virtual festival, Glyndebourne Open House, suggests that ‘the desire to dress up has not gone away during lockdown.’ ” Performance details will be announced later.
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