Tag Archives: Annilese Miskimmon

Tears on the picnic lawn: Madama Butterfly makes her bow at the Glyndebourne Festival

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** Glyndebourne, 19th May 2018 It’s easy to get sucked into the sentimentality of Madama Butterfly. Puccini’s luscious score, infused with Japanese pastel colours, showers the audience in orchestral cherry blossom and the story of Cio-Cio-San’s blind devotion … Continue reading →

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All that glitters: Miskimmon’s hyperactive Semele opens Garsington’s season

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Handel: Semele *** Garsington Opera, 1st June 2017 “Endless pleasure” could almost be the anthem of opera festivals up and down the country, accompanied by images of long interval picnics and rolling lawns basking beneath golden late afternoon sun. Garsington … Continue reading →

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Downtown Nagasaki comes to Glyndebourne in Annilese Miskimmon’s Madama Butterfly

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** Glyndebourne, 14th October 2016 How picturesque do you like your Puccini? Do you take your Turandot sweet or sour? How much lacquer is layered over your ideal Madama Butterfly? If you imagine a backdrop of Nagasaki … Continue reading →

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A cherry ripe L’amico Fritz at Opera Holland Park

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Mark Pullinger

Mascagni: L’amico Fritz Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2011 “In the course of my life I’ve read very, very many bad librettos, but I’ve never read such an idiotic one as this.” That was Giuseppe Verdi responding to the libretto … Continue reading →

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