Saul
movie
Released May 27, 2016
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
as
Conductor
Lucy Crowe
as
Merab
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Sophie Bevan
as
Michal
Christopher Purves
as
Saul/Apparition of Samuel
Iestyn Davies
as
David
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Paul Appleby
as
Jonathan
Benjamin Hulett
as
Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
John Graham-Hall
as
Witch of Endor
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Alison Bury
as
Orchestra Leader
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Jeremy Bines
as
Chorus Master
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Otis-Cameron Carr
as
Dancer
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Robin Gladwin
as
Dancer
Crew
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Barrie Kosky
as
Director
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Otto Pichler
as
Choreographer
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Charles Jennens
as
Lyricist
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George Bruell
as
Producer
Ivor Bolton
as
Conductor
Georg Friedrich Händel
as
Music
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François Roussillon
as
Director
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Joachim Klein
as
Lighting Design
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Katrin Lea Tag
as
Production Design
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Romain Gendrot
as
Production Manager
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Sandra Walger
as
Production Manager
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Jean Chatauret
as
Sound Supervisor