Lisette Oropesa is Outstanding in Glyndebourne’s Admirable Don Pasquale Revival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 Glyndebourne Festival [2] – Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists and Chorus of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Glyndebourne, 15.7.2017. (RB)

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Dr Malatesta (Andrey Zhilikhovsky), Norina (Lisette Oropesa) and Don Pasquale (Renato Girolami)
(c) Bill Cooper

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Lise Davidsen is imperious in Katharina Thoma’s comic and profound Ariadne auf Naxos

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2017 [1] – Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Glyndebourne, East Sussex. 25.6.2017. (JPr)

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Lise Davidsen (Prima Donna/Ariadne) and Nicholas Folwell (Major-Domo) © Robert Workman

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Glyndebourne Presents a Rare Donizetti Opera

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti: Poliuto Soloists; Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Glyndebourne Festival, 21.5. 2015 (RB)

A scene from Poliuto by Gaetano Donizetti @ Glyndebourne. Directed by Mariame Clement. Conducted by Enrique Mazzola. (Opening 21-05-15) ©Tristram Kenton 05/15 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550  Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
A scene from Poliuto by Gaetano Donizetti @ Glyndebourne. Directed by Mariame Clement. Conducted by Enrique Mazzola. ©Tristram Kenton 05/15

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A Sparkling Madhouse from the Young Mozart

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Mozart, La finta giardiniera: Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Glyndebourne Opera,  Sussex 14.10.2014 (MH)

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La finta giardiniera, Glyndebourne Tour 2014. Clockwise from left –  Serpetta (Eliana Pretorian), Don Anchise (Timothy Robinson),  Nardo (Mattia Olivieri), Arminda (Eleonore Marguerre) and Ramiro (Hanna Hipp). © Richard Hubert Smith.

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Glyndebourne’s Low-key Traviata Fails to Convince

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Glyndebourne Festival 2014 – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Filmed ‘live’ at the Glyndebourne Theatre and seen at the Barbican Cinema, London, 10.8.2014. (JPr)

 

Glyndebourne’s La traviata (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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