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Forced farce: Arden's Barber opens up shop at Glyndebourne

By Mark Pullinger, 23 May 2016
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“Alessandro Corbelli's Bartolo is still a tour de farce”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 22 May 2016
Programme
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
Annabel Arden, Director
Joanna Parker, Set Designer
Björn Bürger, Figaro
Danielle de Niese, Rosina
Taylor Stayton, Count Almaviva
Alessandro Corbelli, Dr Bartolo
Christophoros Stamboglis, Don Basilio
Janis Kelly, Berta
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
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Alessandro CorbelliAnnabel ArdenBjörn BürgerChristophoros StamboglisDanielle de NieseEnrique MazzolaGioachino RossiniGlyndebourne Festival OperaIl barbiere di SivigliaJanis KellyJoanna ParkerLondon Philharmonic OrchestraTaylor StaytonThe Glyndebourne Chorus
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.