Saul 8 years old

Glyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calling the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing. For The Independent, which ranked it amongst five top classical and opera performances of 2015, there was no praise too high for the cast. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Ivor Bolton sparkles from the pit with period panache, and designer Katrin Lea Tag's exuberant costumes (The Times ****) set the Old Testament story in Handel's time, with a witty twinge of the contemporary.

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Saul Cast

Name	Character
Christopher Purves He was 56, now 64 years old	as Saul/Apparition of Samuel
Sophie Bevan She was 33, now 41 years old	as Michal

Saul Crew

Name	Department
Georg Friedrich Händel as Music. He was 331 (74) years old when He died	Sound