Organization

Glyndebourne Festival

Conductor

Andrew Davis

Stage director

Nikolaus Lehnhoff

Set designer

Tobias Hoheisel

Lighting designer

Mark Henderson

Costume designer

Singer

Soprano

Anja Silja

Emilia Marty

Tenor

Kim Begley

Albert Gregor

Baritone

Victor Braun

Jaroslav Prus

Bass-baritone

Andrew Shore

Dr Kolenaty

Anthony Roden

Vitek

Manuela Kriscak

Kristina

Christopher Ventris

Janek

Robert Tear

Count Hauk-Sendorf

Contralto

Susan Gorton

Hotel housekeeper

Henry Waddington

Stage technician

Menai Davies

Cleaner

Jonathan Hansen

Celeste

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Czech

Věc Makropulos -  (The Makropulos Affair)

Lewes

United Kingdom

Glyndebourne

Watch Nikolaus Lehnhoff's 1995 Glyndebourne Festival production of Janáček's darkly metaphorical 1926 opera The Makropoulos Case, featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Andrew Davis, and starring Anja Silja, Kim Begley, Victor Braun, Andrew Shore, and others.

Janáček's penultimate opera The Makropoulos Case takes a highly original look at the age-old question of what would happen if humans could live forever. In Nikolaus Lehnhoff's 1995 production—described by The Guardian as "one of Glyndebourne's most memorable events of the last decade"—the so-called Callas of the German repertory Anja Silja presents an arresting portrayal of a certain 337-year-old diva, Emilia Marty, alias Elina Makropulos. The excellent Kim Begley (Albert Gregor), Victor Braun (Baron Prus), and Andrew Shore (Dr. Kolenatý) head up the rest of the stellar cast, and conductor Andrew Davis' generous conducting brings vitality and character to Janáček's highly chromatic and frenetic music.

The Makropulos Affair by Janáček, From (1995/1995), Directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff,, Conductor Andrew Davis, Glyndebourne, Lewes, United Kingdom

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