the first time you put on the donkey head, it s a little, it s hot first and foremost, and it s a little overwhelming. but then there s plenty of time to adjust. rehearsing is a joy and it s so exciting to kind of bear witness to what everyone does here. and something that glyndebourne does that i think is fantastic is that every part of the house operates on the highest level. so you feel the energy that the costume designers and the set designers and the wig department and makeup department, everyone wants to do their best. executive chairman gus christie and his team at glyndebourne want to deliver the best. but to do so with an eye to the environment. they believe they are trailblazers for sustainability in the opera world. at the turn of the century, really, it became apparent to me we were facing a problem with climate change and global warming.
they believe they are trailblazers for sustainability in the opera world. at the turn of the century, really, it became apparent to me we were facing a problem with climate change and global warming. we re fortunate that we have a hill nearby us where we could put a turbine and there s a cable that runs down to our energy centre and it powers the whole place. we re running on wind. this year we saved ourselves £1,000,000 in electricity bills. do you absolutely power glyndebourne totally with that? totally. with one wind turbine. even your home on the grounds? even my home on the grounds, yeah. the wind turbine was really the catalyst of setting us off down the sustainability route and it went up in 2012. and since then we have created an environmental champions group around the company. so everyone is invested into how to reduce our carbon emissions. we are zero waste to landfill now.
the test match, england have to bowl out australia again. that will be their task at some point this afternoon. three factors, time, score and weather. i am trying to ignore a fresh burst of drizzle. joe wilson, many thanks. a male soprano is a very rare thing in the opera world now. one of the most well known, samuel marino, is taking to the stage of glyndebourne opera house for the very first time. samuel was badly bullied because his voice didn t break as a teenager, but 15 years on, he says he wouldn t change a thing about his unique sound. our arts correspondent david sillito went to meet him. he sings samuel marino and his extraordinary voice, rehearsing here for his upcoming
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The outdoors (street fair, remembrance, nature walk, history stroll) are big in Queens this week. So are the arts (opening, crawl, mashup). But then again, there’s also a lot of music (orchestra, symphony, ensemble, quintet, oratorio). May 19, En Vogue, 8 pm. A performance by an all-female R&B group which has sold more than 20