Peter Hall is directing at Glyndebourne: “I think this is a much more honest opera house now than Covent Garden. I just went to see Rheingold and paid £175 for my ticket. That’s a disgrace. This is our national subsidised opera. They should have double the subsidy and cheaper prices. Here, it’s a private enterprise and people pay what it needs to charge, but no one’s making money out of it. The artists work here for less than they normally get because the conditions are the best.”