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School for lovers: Loy’s bitter lessons at the Salzburg Festival

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Mozart: Così fan tutte Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2nd August 2020 Così fan tutte is usually translated into English as “All women are like that”. At this summer’s Salzburg Festival, Christof Loy prefers to focus on the opera’s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School … Continue reading →

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Listen with Mother: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan La Monnaie, Brussels, 16th June 2019 Look at it from the point of view of the child. The father he’s never met sentences him and his mother to be nailed into a barrel and … Continue reading →

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Getting to the heart of Don Alfonso: Così fan tutte revived for Glyndebourne Tour

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Mozart: Così fan tutte **** Glyndebourne, 13th October 2017 I often wonder what happened to Don Alfonso to make him so cynical. In a recent programme note, conductor Philippe Jordan expounds his theory that, in the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas, … Continue reading →

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