Rigoletto at Glyndebourne

That time of year already! Battleaxe readers will know that every year we go to over for one of the afternoon pre-tour productions. This year it was Rigoletto, and we went with friends Shaun, Bob…

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Glyndebourne – Don Giovanni

Well, Hastings Battleaxe missed all the celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the Hastings Battle, but sorry dears, we had booked to go to Glyndebourne, this time to see Don Giovanni. It was part of…

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‘Saul’ at Glyndebourne – an utterly mesmerising experience

Earlier in the week, we went to Glyndebourne, to see Handel’s Saul with our old friends Bob and Alison.     You may think that I had been called in to stand in for one of…

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Backstage at Glyndebourne and Motown in Eastbourne – cultural extremes!

Well, Battleaxe certainly gets about. I’ve been on a backstage tour at Glyndebourne, followed by an outing to the Congress Theatre to see the Motown show, ‘Dancing in the Streets’.      The Glyndebourne visit was…

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