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Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford

Synott: La cucina Rossini: Adina Wexford Festival Opera, 24th October 2019 As operatic incarcerations go, being confined to a giant wedding cake isn’t so bad. This is the fate of the heroine in Rossini’s Adina, or at least in Rosetta … 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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Mixed verdict: Jommelli’s Vologeso thrown to the lions

Jommelli: Il Vologeso *** Classical Opera/Page, Cadogan Hall, 28th April 2016 There is no doubt that Niccolò Jommelli’s opera Il Vologeso, set in 2nd-century Ephesus, has an action-packed plot. The trouble is, all this action is confined to recitative which – … Continue reading

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Betrothal and Betrayal in JPYA’s end of term performance at the Royal Opera

Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance *** Royal Opera House, 18th July 2015 School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main … Continue reading

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