Bang! Mozart's volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Paul Grant (Guglielmo), Madeline Boreham (Fiordiligi) and Osian Wyn Bowen (Ferrando)

Madeline Boreham (Fiordiligi)

Così fan tutte at Opera Holland Park

Elizabeth Karani (Despina)

Por Peter Quantrill, 29 mayo 2026

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“Madeline Boreham sang Fiordiligi with a full measure of her anguish and nobility of character”

Crítica hecha desde Holland Park Theatre, Londres el 28 mayo 2026

Mozart, Così fan tutte

Opera Holland Park

Charlotte Corderoy, Dirección

Cecilia Stinton, Dirección de escena

Neil Irish, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Robert Price, Diseño de iluminación

City of London Sinfonia

Opera Holland Park Chorus

Madeline Boreham, Fiordiligi

Shakira Tsindos, Dorabella

Osian Wyn Bowen, Ferrando

Paul Grant, Guglielmo

Paul Carey Jones, Don Alfonso

Elizabeth Karani, Despina

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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to Gramophone, The Strad and other journals. Recent programme notes have been published by the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Ballet. He also writes about music and musicians for many record labels including Eloquence, Delphian, Signum, Danacord and Brilliant Classics. Once unplugged from his hi-fi, he can generally be found in a London concert hall or at the cricket, and he tweets (sporadically) @PeterQuantrill.

Bang! Mozart's volcano erupts in Holland Park