Artiste: Barbara Bargnesi

A revival of a traditional staging,  with great singers and full of dramatic energy

A nimble, cheerful performance of Donizetti's dramma buffo in Naples, both by individuals and ensemble. 

An updated Orfeo and Eurydice at Buxton sees Orpheus as an ageing rocker, too distracted by adoring groupies to notice Eurydice. However, one piece of casting was an unsolvable conundrum.