Brollops and trollops: Figaro at Drottningholm

By Jonathan Sutherland, 04 August 2015

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Reviewed at Drottningholms Slottsteater, Drottningholm on 2 August 2015

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Marc Minkowski, Conductor

Ivan Alexandre, Director

Antoine Fontaine, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Camilla Tilling, Countess Almaviva

Lenneke Ruiten, Susanna

Ingeborg Gillebo, Cherubino

Florian Sempey, Count Almaviva

Robert Gleadow, Figaro

Paolo Battaglia, Doctor Bartolo, Antonio

Hanna Husáhr, Barbarina

Miriam Treichl, Marcellina

Anders Dahlin, Don Basilio, Don Curzio

Royal Theatre of Drottningholm Choir

Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra

A night of deceit and fun: Così at Drottningholm

Laura Servidei, 5th August

The third opera of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy opens the opera festival in Drottningholm, the "Swedish Versailles", with a good cast beautifully conducted by Marc Minkowski.

****1

Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide

David Karlin, 19th October

Excellent playing from Les Musiciens du Louvre and a mixed vocal performance are matched by a staging by Ivan Alexandre likely to be controversial.

**111

Figaro convole en justes Noces à l'Opéra Royal de Versailles

Stéphane Lelièvre, 15th January

Le public fait un triomphe à cette reprise des Noces de Figaro, dont la mise en scène (Ivan Alexandre) respectant de très près le livret de Da Ponte met paradoxalement en lumière la modernité de l'œuvre.

****1

Celebrando la trinidad musical de Mozart y Da Ponte en el Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 9th April

Ivan Alexandre y Marc Minkowski hermanan tres obras del combo compositor-libretista en una única dimensión, con más aciertos que fallos, presentando una propuesta fresca y viviente.

****1

Avec Così fan tutte, le Théâtre du Capitole se tourne vers demain

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 26th September

Une première de l'année avec une œuvre fondamentale du répertoire, des changements notables qui marquent l'évolution du milieu musical : la reprise se fait sous de bons auspices, dans la mesure du possible, au Capitole.

****1

Cosi fan tutte à Versailles : les jeux sont faits !

Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 8th November

Retour sur le dernier volet de la triologie Da Ponte à Versailles sous la baguette de Marc Minkowski.

****1

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.

A night of bröllops and trollops: Figaro opens Drottningholm’s Opera Festival