From the classical archive,30 May 1934: ‘Discomfort is unknown here,’ declared our correspondent – while urging seaweed padding for the walls to deaden the volume of its Figaro In the most perfect conditions imaginable, and the Glyndebourne opera opened on Monday night with a performance of Figaro. The sun and the gently rounded,richly wooded, Sussex countryside were at their best, and all that taste and money and nearly all cience could do to make a perfect home for opera had been done. Discomfort is unknown here. Every seat gives a perfect view of the stage; the things of securing good food and refreshment without danger; depositing one’s hat and coat beget been arranged so that nothing impairs the visitor’s enjoyment of the opera. The intervals are long,and the wonderful gardens are large enough to allow every member of the audience not only to be pleased them, but to feel as thought they are enjoying them alone.
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Source: theguardian.com