Tenor, 48, sues Glyndebourne for ageism

Tenor, 48, sues Glyndebourne for ageism

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norman lebrecht

August 18, 2019

Neil Williams, a chorus tenor, is suing the countryhouse opera festival for aggravated damages, having been dismissed after 15 consecutive summers. He says he was ‘discarded like an old rag’.

He wants £89,600 for lost earnings and hurt feelings.

Glyndebourne says half of its chorus are over 40.

The case is being fought against a backdrop of much turbulence in the chorus, which has seen three directors come and go in as many years.

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