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Author Archives: Mark Pullinger
Florid campery as Vivaldi’s Dorilla in Tempe travels from Venice to Wexford
Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe Wexford Festival Opera, 23rd October 2019 Does Vivaldi have a distinct operatic fingerprint? From the opening chorus of Dorilla in Tempe, every single person in Wexford’s National Opera House could have identified the composer… because the … Continue reading
Man of La Mancha: Massenet’s Don Quichotte opens Wexford Festival Opera
Massenet: Don Quichotte Wexford Festival Opera, 22nd October 2019 Fireworks and a fiesta of Spanish sunshine injected heat into the opening night of the 68th season of Wexford Festival Opera. Don Quichotte falls into the category of “rarity” these days, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aigul Akhmetshina, Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera, Dominick Felix, Don Quichotte, Elly Hunter Smith, Gabrielle Dundon, Gavan Ring, Goderdzi Janelidze, Henry Grant Kerswell, Massenet, Ólafur Sigurdarson, Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera, Rodula Gaitanou, takis, Timothy Myers, Wexford Festival Opera
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Christiane Lutz casts Rigoletto into the limelight as Charlie Chaplin
Verdi: Rigoletto Glyndebourne, 17th October 2019 Wandering Glyndebourne’s foyer in the interval of its first ever production of Rigoletto, there was a common thread of conversation: what on earth was going on? Those not in earnest discussion were rifling through … Continue reading
Don Pasquale falls flat in Michieletto’s cruel comedy at Covent Garden
Donizetti: Don Pasquale Royal Opera, 14th October 2019 When newlywed “Sofronia” slaps Don Pasquale and it provokes titters of laughter, you’ve got a problem. It’s the point in Act 3 where the lesson that the elderly bachelor is being taught … Continue reading