Saul

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.

Cast

Ivor Bolton

Conductor

Lucy Crowe

Merab

N/A

Sophie Bevan

Michal

Christopher Purves

Saul/Apparition of Samuel

Iestyn Davies

David

N/A

Paul Appleby

Jonathan

Benjamin Hulett

Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg

John Graham-Hall

Witch of Endor

N/A

Alison Bury

Orchestra Leader

N/A

Jeremy Bines

Chorus Master

N/A

Otis-Cameron Carr

Dancer

N/A

Robin Gladwin

Dancer