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Broad comedy eclipses the emotional heart of Glyndebourne’s Prom Rosenkavalier

By Mark Pullinger, 23 July 2014
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“Alder's intonation was secure and her silvery top notes bloomed gloriously”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 22 July 2014
Programme
Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier (semi-staged;sung in German)
Performers
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Robin Ticciati, Conductor
Kate Royal, Feldmarschallin
Louise Alder, Sophie
Tara Erraught, Octavian
Michael Kraus, Herr von Faninal
Franz Hawlata, Baron Ochs
Miranda Keys, Marianne
Helene Schneiderman, Annina
Andrei Dunaev, Italian Singer
Christopher Gillett, Valzacchi
Gwynne Howell, Notary
Scott Conner, Police inspector
Robert Wörle, Tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.