Jonathan Kent’s Don Giovanni returns to Glyndebourne

Por Francesca Vella, 09 junio 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne el 7 junio 2014

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirección

Jonathan Kent, Dirección de escena

Paul Brown, Diseño de escena

Taras Shtonda, The Commendatore

Layla Claire, Donna Anna

Ben Johnson, Don Ottavio

Elliot Madore, Don Giovanni

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Leporello

Serena Farnocchia, Donna Elvira

Lenka Máčiková, Zerlina

Brandon Cedel, Masetto

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Chorus

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Francesca Vella

Francesca is a PhD student at KCL, where she is researching Verdi reception in late nineteenth-century Milan. Besides being interested in cultural history and the history of Italian opera, she loves the classical and romantic piano and chamber music repertoire.