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Clément’s cruel Don Pasquale strikes a sour note as Glyndebourne Tour opens

By Mark Pullinger, 11 October 2015
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“José Fardilha’s Don Pasquale... a ripe buffo, yet one who still sings rather than blusters”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 10 October 2015
Programme
Donizetti, Don Pasquale
Performers
Glyndebourne Autumn
Duncan Ward, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Director
Julia Hansen, Set Designer
José Fardilha, Don Pasquale
John Brancy, Dr Malatesta
Tuomas Katajala, Ernesto
Eliana Pretorian, Norina
Paul Higgins, Revival Director
Glyndebourne Sinfonia
The 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.