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Tag Archives: Glyndebourne
Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio in 2020
Interview: Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer, Frederic Wake-Walker 31st January 2020 Beethoven referred to Fidelio, his sole opera, as his “Sorgenkind” (problem child). It was a work that cost him much heartache, especially when the first version – Leonore – failed … Continue reading
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Tagged Amélie Niermeyer, Beethoven, Fidelio, Frederic Wake-Walker, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera, Tobias Kratzer, Wiener Staatsoper
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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
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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Tagged Brandon Cedel, Bruno Ravella, Gideon Davey, Giulia Semenzato, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Handel, Jakub Józef Orliński, James Hall, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Maxim Emelyanchev, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Patrick Terry, Peter van Praet, Rinaldo, Robert Carsen, Tim Mead
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Cinders on the couch: Freudian Cendrillon at Glyndebourne
Massenet: Cendrillon Glyndebourne, 8th June 2019 Picnic hamper packed? Champagne cooled? Ready for a spot of psychoanalysis, darling? There are enough references to dreams in Fiona Shaw’s Glyndebourne production of Cendrillon to give Sigmund Freud sleepless nights. Massenet’s charmer premiered … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Marsden, Agnes Zwierko, Anthony Osborne, Cendrillon, Danielle de Niese, Eduarda Melo, Fiona Shaw, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson, Jon Bausor, Julie Pasturaud, Kate Lindsey, Lionel Lhote, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Massenet, Nicky Gillibrand, Nina Minasyan
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