Details

Mozart's last opera, but his first to be produced in England. Supposedly written in just 18 days this work looks at the tension between passion and duty, ego and mercy. Tito, the Roman Emperor, needs an Empress but who? Vitellia has been rejected and is out for revenge - seeking to have the Emperor assassinated by her admirer Sesto. But the plot fails and both Vitellia and Sesto are at the mercy of Tito. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Cast/Performers

Colette Delahunt (Servilia), Imelda Drumm (Annio), Susannah Glanville (Vitellia), Emma Selway (Sesto), Carlo Vincenzo Allemano (Tito), Henry Waddington (Publio)

Creatives/Company

Author: Mozart
Lyrics: Mazzola (after Metastasio)
Director(s): Nicholas Hytner (original), James Robert Carson (revival)
Conductor(s): Kenneth Montgomery, Christopher Mounds (30 Oct-25 Nov)
Design: David Fielding
Lighting: Keith Benson
Choreographer: Jane Gibson
Company(s): Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus