Vanessa DVD 2018

A heartbreaking story of love, loyalty and obsession, Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Vanessa is a 20th century masterpiece.

For 20 years Vanessa has waited in vain for the return of her lover, shutting herself away on her remote estate with only her mother and niece for company. But when her lover’s handsome young son Anatol arrives unexpectedly, she feels the stirrings of love once again.

Confronted with two potential conquests – the passionate, impulsive Vanessa and her thoughtful niece Erika – Anatol finds himself conflicted. His choices set in motion a story in which tragedy and joy are closely, and painfully, interwoven.

Composer Samuel Barber

Director Keith Warner

Conductor Jakub Hrůša

Cast Emma Bell, Virginie Verrez, Edgaras Montvidas, Rosalind Plowright, Donnie Ray Albert

The Glyndebourne Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra 

Available in DVD and Blu-ray format