This is a list of the operas performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera during the music directorship (1952-1963) of Vittorio Gui. Operas performed by Glyndebourne forces at venues other than Glyndebourne are also included.
YearOperaTitles in Bold are new productions. Opera titles are those used in Wikipedia and not necessarily those used by Glyndebourne.ComposerPrincipal castConductorDirectorDesignerWhere two designers are credited, the first-named designed the set and the second designed the costumes1952 Idomeneo Mozart Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Maria Kinasiewicz (Electra) John Pritchard Revival of 1951 production 1952 La Cenerentola Rossini Marina de Gabaráin (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) Vittorio Gui Carl Ebert Oliver Messel1952 Così fan tutte Mozart Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Anna Pollak (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Sesto Bruscantini (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Dezsö Ernster (Don Alfonso) Vittorio Gui Revival of 1948 production 1952 Macbeth Verdi Marko Rothmüller (Macbeth), Dorothy Dow (Lady Macbeth), James Johnston (Macduff) Vittorio Gui Revival of 1938 production 1953 Alceste Gluck Magda László (Alceste), Richard Lewis (Admète), Thomas Hemsley (Hercules) Vittorio Gui Carl Ebert Hugh Casson, Rosemary Vercoe1953 La CenerentolaAlso performed at the 1953 Edinburgh International Festival with the same cast and conductor, in Berlin in 1954 with the same cast but with John Pritchard conducting, and at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool in 1956 with the same cast but with Vittorio Gui and Pritchard sharing the conducting. Rossini Marina de Gabaráin (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) Vittorio Gui Revival of 1952 production 1953 Ariadne auf NaxosThe Prologue, newly created by the same production team, was added to the Opera, which had previously been performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the 1950 Edinburgh International Festival. Strauss Dorothy Dow (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Zerbinetta), Carlos Guichandut (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) John Pritchard Carl Ebert Oliver Messel1953 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Sári Barabás (Constanze), Helmut Krebs (Belmonte), Fritz Ollendorf (Osmin), Emmy Loose/April Cantelo (Blonde), Murray Dickie (Pedrillo) Alfred Wallenstein Revival of 1950 production1953 Così fan tutte Mozart Sena Jurinac/Rita McKerrow (Fiordiligi), Anna Pollak (Dorabella), Juan Oncina/Alexander Young (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) John Pritchard Revival of 1948 production1953 The Rake's ProgressPerformed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival. Stravinsky Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Jerome Hines (Nick Shadow), Nan Merriman (Baba the Turk) Alfred Wallenstein Carl Ebert Osbert Lancaster1953 Idomeneo Mozart Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Helmut Krebs (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Jennifer Vyvyan (Electra) John Pritchard Revival of 1951 production1954 The Barber of Seville Rossini Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Rosina), Juan Oncina (Almaviva), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Antonio Cassinelli (Basilio) Vittorio Gui Carl Ebert Oliver Messel1954 Alceste Gluck Magda László (Alceste), Richard Lewis (Admète), Thomas Hemsley (Hercules) Vittorio Gui/Bryan Balkwill Revival of 1953 production1954 ArlecchinoCurtain raiser preceding Ariadne auf Naxos. Busoni Kurt Gester (Arlecchino), Ian Wallace (Ser Matteo), Geraint Evans (Abbate), Fritz Ollendorf (Dottore), Murray Dickie (Leandro), Elaine Malbin (Colombina) John Pritchard Peter Ebert Peter Rice1954 Ariadne auf NaxosSecond part of double-bill with Arlecchino. Strauss Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs/Ilse Hollweg (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) John Pritchard Revival of 1953 production1954 Don Giovanni Mozart James Pease (Don Giovanni), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Benno Kusche (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) Georg Solti Revival of 1951 production1954 The Rake's Progress Stravinsky Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Marko Rothmüller (Nick Shadow), Marina de Gabaráin (Baba the Turk) Paul Sacher/Bryan Balkwill Revival of 1953 production1954 Le comte Ory Rossini Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Sesto Bruscantini (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) Vittorio Gui Carl Ebert Olivier Messel1954 Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) John Pritchard Revival of 1953 Glyndebourne production1954 Così fan tutte Mozart Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Magda László (Dorabella), Juan Oncina/Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) Vittorio Gui/John Pritchard Carl Ebert Rolf Gérard, Rosemary Vercoe1954 The Soldier's Tale Stravinsky Anthony Nicholls (Narrator), Terence Longdon (Soldier), Robert Helpmann (Devil), Moira Shearer (Princess) Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Günther Rennert Alfred Mahlau1955 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Elena Rizzieri (Susanna), Franco Calabrese (Count), Sena Jurinac (Countess), Frances Bible/Risë Stevens (Cherubino) Vittorio Gui Carl Ebert Oliver Messel1955 Le comte Ory Rossini Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Giuseppe Valdengo (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) Vittorio Gui Revival of 1954 production1955 Don Giovanni Mozart Giuseppe Valdengo (Don Giovanni), Sena Jurinac (Donna Anna), Lucina Amara (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) John Pritchard Revival of 1951 production1955 The Barber of SevilleAlso performed at the 1955 Edinburgh International Festival with the same cast but with Alberto Erede conducting.