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Glyndebourne's Falstaff - in pictures

Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Bardolph (Alasdair Elliott). Sir John Falstaff (Christopher Purves) and Pistol (Paolo Battaglia) Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Dr Caius (Peter Hoare), Pistol (Paolo Battaglia), Bardolph (Alasdair Elliott), Ford (Tassis Christoyannis), Meg (Jennifer Holloway), Nannetta (Adriana Kučerová), Mistress Quickly (Marie-Nicole Lemieux) and Alice (Dina Kuznetsova) Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Bulent Bezduz as Fenton and Adriana Kucerova as Nannetta Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Christopher Purves as Sir John Falstaff and Dina Kuznetsova as Mrs Ford Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Christopher Purves as Sir John Falstaff and Jennifer Holloway as Mrs Page Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: Tassis Christoyannis as Ford, far left and Christopher Purves as Sir John F
Sir John Falstaff is tipped, with the dirty laundry, into the Thames Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Falstaff dries off after his unscheduled drrenching in Thames water Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter in Windsor Park for his midnight assignation Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Falstaff: glyndebourne 2009
The final scene... but there's one final trick in store in Richard Jones's production... Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
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