Composers: Barber 
Compositions: Vanessa
Performers: Emma Bell s, Virginie Verrez s, Edgaras Montvidas t, Rosalind Plowright ms,
London Philharmonic, Glyndebourne Chorus, Jakub Hrůša
Catalogue Number: Opus Arte OA1289D (DVD), OABD7258D (Blu-ray)

Samuel Barber’s Vanessa has had a chequered history. Applauded at its Met debut in 1958, it won a Pulitzer, but Europe didn’t take to its heart-on-sleeve romanticisms and cod-Ibsen storyline and it rapidly disappeared from view. Credit then to Glyndebourne for giving it every chance to shine in this handsome looking, well sung, if sometimes overthought production by Keith Warner.