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Tag Archives: Vicki Mortimer
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
Humour and humanity: McVicar’s Meistersinger touches the heart at Glyndebourne
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg **** Glyndebourne Festival, 21st May 2016 Eurovision last weekend, Nuremberg’s Got Talent this evening – it’s evidently song contest season. And what finer work to launch Glyndebourne Festival’s season, under the watchful eye of new General … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Miles, Amanda Majeski, Darren Jeffery, David McVicar, David Portillo, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gerald Finley, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Hanna Hipp, Jochen Kupfer, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Güttler, Michael Schade, Vicki Mortimer, Wagner
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Return to the crime scene: fresh blood improves Royal Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor **** Royal Opera, 11th May 2016 Double casts are a mixed blessing. When they play side by side, there’s a temptation to indulge in ‘fantasy casting’, mixing and matching your ideal team from those available. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleksandra Kurzak, Artur Ruciński, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, David Junghoon Kim, Donizetti, Katie Mitchell, Lucia di Lammermoor, Matthew Rose, Rachael Lloyd, Stephen Costello, Vicki Mortimer
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Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor *** The Royal Opera, 7th April 2016 The warning signs were there. Patrons had received the email warning of graphic scenes of sex and violence. Katie Mitchell herself said at a Friends’ Insight evening that “I … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Castronovo, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Diana Damrau, Donizetti, Katie Mitchell, Kwangchul Youn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ludovic Tézier, Peter Hoare, Rachael Lloyd, Royal Opera, Taylor Stayton, Vicki Mortimer
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