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An overgrown path to cliché-ville: Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Rachael Wilson (Varvara)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
Charles Cunliffe (Kuligin), John Tomlinson (Dikoj), Sam Furness (Kudrjáš) and Miryam Tomè (Angel)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Nicky Spence (Boris)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
John Tomlinson (Dikoj) and Susan Bickley (Kabanicha)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
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“they hand in their personalities at the door and chase symbols instead”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 3 August 2025
Janáček, Kátya Kabanová
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Robin Ticciati, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Eleonora Gravagnola, Revival Director
Kateřina Kněžíková, Kátya
Susan Bickley, Kabanicha
Jaroslav Březina, Tichon
Sir John Tomlinson, Dikój
Nicky Spence, Boris
Sarah Pring, Glaša
Rachael Wilson, Varvara
Sam Furness, Kudrjaš
Rachel Roper, Fekluša
Charles Cunliffe, Kuligin
All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne
***11
A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne
****1
Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on
*****
Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal
****1
Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville
*****
Philosophy trumps passion in Glyndebourne’s Tristan
***11
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