Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Rachael Wilson (Varvara)

Charles Cunliffe (Kuligin), John Tomlinson (Dikoj), Sam Furness (Kudrjáš) and Miryam Tomè (Angel)

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Nicky Spence (Boris)

John Tomlinson (Dikoj) and Susan Bickley (Kabanicha)

Por Mark Valencia, 04 agosto 2025

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“they hand in their personalities at the door and chase symbols instead”

Crítica hecha desde Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne el 3 agosto 2025

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Robin Ticciati, Dirección

Damiano Michieletto, Dirección de escena

Paolo Fantin, Diseño de escena

Carla Teti, Diseño de vestuario

Alessandro Carletti, Diseño de iluminación

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Eleonora Gravagnola, Director de reposición

Kateřina Kněžíková, Kátya

Susan Bickley, Kabanicha

Jaroslav Březina, Tichon

Sir John Tomlinson, Dikój

Nicky Spence, Boris

Sarah Pring, Glaša

Rachael Wilson, Varvara

Sam Furness, Kudrjaš

Rachel Roper, Fekluša

Charles Cunliffe, Kuligin

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

An overgrown path to cliché-ville: Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová