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2022-08-02 07:30:00
Handel’s Alcina - a ‘first’ for Glyndebourne - joins other great Handel gems in the company’s repertoire such as Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Theodora
Handel: Alcina - Samantha Hankey, Beth Taylor, Soraya Mafi, Jane Archibald - Glyndebourne Opera (Photo Tristram Kenton)Handel: Alcina; Jane Archibald, Samantha Hankey, Soraya Mafi, Beth Taylor, Rowan Pierce, director: Francesco Micheli, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Jonathan Cohen; Glyndebourne OperaReviewed 24 July 2022 (★★★★★) Italian-born director, Francesco Micheli, brings style and sumptuous excess to Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s wonderful and lush staging of Handel’s Alcina Our correspondent, Tony Cooper, provides a second view of Glyndebourne's production of Handel's Alcina directed by Francesco Micheli with Jane Archibald in the title role. Tony saw a cast that included Samantha Hankey as Ruggiero, see Robert's review of the production with Svetlina Stoyanova as Ruggiero.Handel loosely based the libretto for Alcina on Riccardo Broschi’s opera, L’isola d’Alcina, set to a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia. The original source of the story, however, comes from Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem, Orlando furioso, the source, too, for such other Handel delights as Orlando and […]
2022-07-29 07:38:00
Welcome to L'isola di Alcina: Glyndebourne's first production of Handel's opera
Handel: Alcina - Jane Archibald - Glyndebourne Opera (Photo Tristram Kenton)Handel: Alcina; Jane Archibald, Svetlina Stoyanova, Soraya Mafi, Beth Taylor, Rowan Pierce, Thomas Elwin, dir: Francesco Micheli, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, cond; Jonathan Cohen; Glyndebourne Opera27 July 2022 (★★★★½)The magic of Alcina recreated as a 1950s showgirl in a lavish production that combined spectacle with performances at the highest levelWhen Handel wrote Alcina, he had parted company from most of the stars of his opera company and had been forced to seek a new theatre. But, ever the practical man of the theatre, he made the best of the circumstances. The Covent Garden Theatre, where Handel gave his next few seasons, was known for its spectacular productions, there was also a small chorus available and for the first season, a dance troupe led by Marie Sallé. Handel would create the ballet, Terpsicore, for Sallé and would include dance into both Ariodante […]
2022-03-13 13:00:11
Aida
Krassimira Stoyanova, Oksana Volkova, Francesco Meli, Georg Zeppenfeld and Quinn Kelsey; conducted by Christian Thielemann.
2022-01-29 09:23:12
Expanding her horizons: Lada Valesova on conducting Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park
[…] those studying on an opera course. A role like Prince Gremin would be tricky to cast and though Tatyana is written for a lyric soprano it is a demanding role and in its way relentless so that even in the second act when the character sings much less, she goes on an emotional journey. And in a way, a good actor can make people believe that they are a teenager, and she cites seeing Krassimira Stoyanova as Tatyana at Covent Garden. This leads us to talk of the distinguished Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya (herself a fine Tatyana) whom Lada met by chance and started playing for Vishnevskaya's coaching sessions for young singers (and Vishnevskaya as a teacher was so generous with her time for young singers). When coaching Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Vishnevskaya demonstrated the role and whilst singing she was transformed, she became a 16-year-old geisha, then she promptly turned […]
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