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Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity in Garsington’s Così fan tutte

By Mark Pullinger, 06 June 2015
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Reviewed at Garsington Opera, High Wycombe on 5 June 2015
Programme
Mozart, Così fan tutte
Performers
Garsington Opera
Douglas Boyd, Conductor
John Fulljames, Director
Dick Bird, Set Designer
Andreea Soare, Fiordiligi
Kathryn Rudge, Dorabella
Lesley Garrett, Despina
Robin Tritschler, Ferrando
Ashley Riches, Guglielmo
Neal Davies, Don Alfonso
The Gascoigne Orchestra
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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.