Turkish delight as Glyndebourne comes to the Proms

By Hedy Mühleck, 15 August 2015

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 14 August 2015

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem) (semi-staged; sung and spoken in German)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Robin Ticciati, Conductor

Mari Eriksmoen, Blonde

Sally Matthews, Konstanze

Edgaras Montvidas, Belmonte

Brenden Gunnell, Pedrillo

Tobias Kehrer, Osmin

Franck Saurel, Bassa Selim

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

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

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

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

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

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

Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville

David Karlin, 16th May

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

*****

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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.

Prom 39: Turkish delight - Glyndebourne's Die Entführung aus dem Serail