Vanessa: 'Must the winter come so soon' – Glyndebourne

Virginie Verrez performs 'Must the winter come so soon' from Samuel Barber's Vanessa.

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, August 2018.

A heartbreaking story of love, loyalty and obsession, this Pulitzer Prize-winning opera is a 20th century masterpiece.

Erika’s aria ‘Must the winter come so soon’, with its delicate woodwind solos, is one of Vanessa’s musical highlights – a piece whose gentle loveliness and quiet melancholy catches the spirit of this many-layered character.

Creative team

Conductor:Jakub Hrůša / Leo McFall (17 and 24 August)
Director: Keith Warner
Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis
Lighting: Designer Mark Jonathan
Projection: Designer Alex Uragallo

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Leader Kevin Lin

The Glyndebourne Chorus: Chorus Master Nicholas Jenkins

Assistant Conductor: Leo McFall
Music Preparation: Matthew Fletcher, Kate Golla, Anthony Legge
Assistant Directors: Neil Robinson, Ian Rutherford

Cast includes

Vanessa: Emma Bell
Erika: Virginie Verrez
Anatol: Edgaras Montvidas
The Old Baroness: Rosalind Plowright
The Old Doctor: Donnie Ray Albert
Footman: Romanas Kudriašovas*
Nicholas, the Major-Domo: William Thomas*†

* Soloist from The Glyndebourne Chorus
† Jerwood Young Artist 2018

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