Robert Gorelangton

‘I play to middle England’

Robert Gore-Langton talks to the impresario Raymond Gubbay about his unpretentious approach to music, opera and ballet

issue 19 February 2011

Raymond Gubbay is a hard man to avoid. Especially at Christmas. Last year Raymond Gubbay Ltd presented roughly 600 concerts, of which 180 were part of his annual Christmas Festival and he lived up to his festive catchphrase: ‘You want carols? We’ve got carols.’

Gubbay’s packaging of live classical music has been amazingly successful.

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