Tag Archives: Bruno Ravella

Jolly hockey sticks! Orliński rules as Rinaldo at Glyndebourne

Handel: Rinaldo Glyndebourne, 8th August 2019 Rotten Romans, the first film inspired by Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories books which have brought the past alive for decades of schoolchildren, opened in cinemas a fortnight ago. If they ever decide to tackle … Continue reading

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

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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