"This is a bit of a moment of fun and light-heartedness and just really having a wonderful time" - Stephen Plaice (librettist) and Marcia Bellamy (vocal setting) tell us just what's so special about In the Market for Love.

Join us this October for a series of indoor, socially distanced performances of Offenbach's one-act farce.

Hailed by Rossini as ‘The Mozart of the Champs-Elysees’, Jacques Offenbach was the champagne-toast of Paris, the father of French operetta. No one composed a catchier tune, a quicker musical punchline, or scored a romance more seductively.

Bursting with larger-than-life characters and big tunes, this comic miniature directed by Glyndebourne’s Artistic Director, Stephen Langridge, sees romance blossom between a handsome young cook and the charming orphan Ciboulette. Expect intrigue, unexpected revelations and joyful happily-ever-afters.

The opera will be conducted by Ben Glassberg, Principal Conductor of the Glyndebourne Tour.

In the Market for Love is a new translation of Offenbach’s Mesdames de la Halle, by Stephen Plaice.

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