Every detail finely tuned in Glyndebourne's Figaro

Von David Karlin, 04 Juli 2016

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“a production in which everyone knows exactly what they should be doing on stage”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, am 3 Juli 2016

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

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Jonathan Cohen, Musikalische Leitung

Michael Grandage, Regie

Christopher Oram, Bühnenbild

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Ian Rutherford, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Davide Luciano, Figaro

Rosa Feola, Susanna

Gyula Orendt, Graf Almaviva

Golda Schultz, Gräfin Almaviva

Natalia Kawalek, Cherubino

Carlo Lepore, Doktor Bartolo

Susan Bickley, Marcellina

Alasdair Elliott, Don Curzio

John Graham-Hall, Don Basilio

Nicholas Folwell, Antonio

Nikola Hillebrand, Barbarina

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Mark Valencia, 3rd August

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.

***11

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Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh.

***11

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Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

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Nick Boston, 8th June

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*****

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Peter Quantrill, 17th May

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****1

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David Karlin, 16th May

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

*****

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Every detail finely tuned in Glyndebourne's Le nozze di Figaro