Every detail finely tuned in Glyndebourne's Figaro

By David Karlin, 04 July 2016

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“a production in which everyone knows exactly what they should be doing on stage”

Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 3 July 2016

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

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Jonathan Cohen, Conductor

Michael Grandage, Director

Christopher Oram, Set Designer

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Ian Rutherford, Revival Director

Davide Luciano, Figaro

Rosa Feola, Susanna

Gyula Orendt, Count Almaviva

Golda Schultz, Countess Almaviva

Natalia Kawalek, Cherubino

Carlo Lepore, Doctor Bartolo

Susan Bickley, Marcellina

Alasdair Elliott, Don Curzio

John Graham-Hall, Don Basilio

Nicholas Folwell, Antonio

Nikola Hillebrand, Barbarina

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Mark Valencia, 3rd August

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.

***11

All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne

Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh.

***11

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Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

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Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal

Peter Quantrill, 17th May

Compelling singers carry the day in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's first staging of Wagner’s swansong.

****1

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David Karlin, 16th May

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

*****

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Every detail finely tuned in Glyndebourne's Le nozze di Figaro