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Saul (2016)
Directed by Barrie Kosky, François Roussillon
Music, Drama · 3h 05m
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.
Cast
Ivor Bolton
Conductor
Lucy Crowe
Merab
Christopher Purves
Saul/Apparition of Samuel
Iestyn Davies
David
Paul Appleby
Jonathan
Benjamin Hulett
Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
John Graham-Hall
Witch of Endor
Crew
- Director
- Barrie Kosky, François Roussillon
- Director of Photography
- Lionel Martin
- Producer
- George Bruell
Details
- Release date
- 2016-05-27
- Runtime
- 3h 05m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera, François Roussillon, Sky Arts, sonostream.tv