Love is no picnic: Hytner's Così fan tutte returns to Glyndebourne

By Dominic Lowe, 06 July 2021

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“the balance seems skewed too heavily towards the serious at the expense of the comic”

Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 4 July 2021

Mozart, Così fan tutte

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Riccardo Minasi, Conductor

Nicholas Hytner, Director

Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Paule Constable, Lighting Designer

Simon Iorio, Revival Director

Ida Falk Winland, Fiordiligi

Julie Boulianne, Dorabella

Konu Kim, Ferrando

Huw Montague Rendall, Guglielmo

Alessandro Corbelli, Don Alfonso

Hera Hyesang Park, Despina

The Glyndebourne Chorus

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Love is no picnic: Nicholas Hytner's Così fan tutte returns to Glyndebourne