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In the bleak midsummer: Damiano Michieletto's Kátya Kabanová at Glyndebourne

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“a half-world between Kátya’s dreams and the ghastly reality of the Kabanov household”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 20 May 2021
Janáček, Kátya Kabanová
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Robin Ticciati, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer
Kateřina Kněžíková, Kátya
David Butt Philip, Boris
Katarina Dalayman, Kabanicha
Nicky Spence, Tichon
Alexander Vassiliev, Dikój
Thomas Atkins, Kudrjaš
Aigul Akhmetshina, Varvara
The Glyndebourne Chorus
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