Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

Von Katherine Cooper, 07 Juni 2017

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“You could hardly do better than this slick, great-looking show”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, am 4 Juni 2017

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)

Garsington Opera

Douglas Boyd, Musikalische Leitung

John Cox, Regie

Robert Perdziola, Bühnenbild

Duncan Rock, Graf Almaviva

Kirsten MacKinnon, Gräfin Almaviva

Joshua Bloom, Figaro

Jennifer France, Susanna

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Cherubino

Stephen Richardson, Doktor Bartolo

Janis Kelly, Marcellina

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Don Curzio

Timothy Robinson, Don Basilio

The Gascoigne Orchestra

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Peter Quantrill, 27th June

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****1

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Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

****1

Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing.

****1

Garsington’s L’elisir d’amore: Dr Feelgood wins the day

David Karlin, 28th May

Simon Higlett’s exquisite sets and costumes give a backdrop to Donizetti’s frothiest of rom-coms.

****1

Madcap comedy from Verdi: Un giorno di regno at Garsington

David Karlin, 29th June

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*****

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Roy Westbrook, 16th June

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

***11

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