But where, I wondered, was the atmosphere of storybook fantasy that, by all reports, had enthralled reviewers of the Glyndebourne production?

The Glyndebourne production of La Calisto is an example.

Using costumes mostly from the Glyndebourne production, Mr. Cox whisks the story to Paris in the 1920's, a choice he strongly defends.

Perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the Glyndebourne production is its complete lack of interest, verging on outright contempt, in this whole dimension of the piece.

But the Glyndebourne production sidesteps the problem entirely, intercutting a frazzled-looking stage manager who looks about haplessly, as if the singer had missed his cue.

But then, the Glyndebourne production seems to have had no grander ambition for the opera than cuteness.

Hubbard sang the role of Jake, the fisherman, but had died before the Glyndebourne production was brought to television in 1993.

In this handsome Glyndebourne production, it is taken by Jerry Hadley, a tenor who struggles uncomfortably with its high tessitura.

Leppard's second Glyndebourne production, that of 1984, was released in DVD form in 2004.

And she was Zdenka in the 1984 film version of Arabella, in the Glyndebourne production.