Performances of Glyndebourne Festival Opera at BBC Proms

Wed 19 Aug 2026

• 19:00

  ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne

  Royal Albert Hall

  Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss’s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century

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  Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss’s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century

  Programme

  • • • Richard Strauss
      • Ariadne auf Naxos(120 mins)semi-staged; sung in German, with English surtitles

  Performers

  • William Relton

    Major-Domo
    Major-Domo
  • Rachel Willis-Sørensen

    Ariadne
    Ariadne
  • David Butt Philip

    Bacchus
    Bacchus
  • Alina Wunderlin

    Zerbinetta
    Zerbinetta
  • Mikhail Timoshenko

    Harlequin
    Harlequin
  • Caspar Singh

    Scaramuccio
    Scaramuccio
  • Liam James Karai

    Truffaldino
    Truffaldino
  • Liam Bonthrone

    Brighella
    Brighella
  • Samantha Hankey

    Composer
    Composer
  • Michael Kraus

    Music Master
    Music Master
  • Ru Charlesworth

    Dancing Master
    Dancing Master
  • Anna Denisova

    Naiad
    Naiad
  • Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein

    Dryad
    Dryad
  • Eirin Rognerud

    Echo
    Echo
  • Glyndebourne Festival Opera
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Robin Ticciati

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Richard Strauss

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  Proms 2026 Audio-Described Proms Choral music and opera