Handel: Rinaldo (Glyndebourne)
Sonia Prina (Rinaldo); Anett Fritsch (Almirena); Brenda Rae (Armida); Luca Pisaroni (Argante); Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo); Tim Mead (Eustazio);
"A splendid cast and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted with a firm hand by Ottavio Dantone, kept ones spirits up. Sonia Prinas mezzo-soprano excelled." (The Daily Telegraph)
Handel: Rinaldo (Glyndebourne)
Sonia Prina (Rinaldo); Anett Fritsch (Almirena); Brenda Rae (Armida); Luca Pisaroni (Argante); Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo); Tim Mead (Eustazio);
"A splendid cast and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted with a firm hand by Ottavio Dantone, kept ones spirits up. Sonia Prinas mezzo-soprano excelled." (The Daily Telegraph)
Handel: Saul (Glyndebourne)
Christopher Purves (Saul/Apparition of Samuel); Iestyn Davies (David); Lucy Crowe (Merab); Sophie Bevan (Michal); Paul Appleby (Jonathan); Benjamin Hulett (Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg); Ivor Bolton (Conductor); Barrie Kosky (Director);
"Musically this evening is well-nigh flawless. No praise too high for the singing of Davies, Appleby, and Purves; of Lucy Crowe and Sophie Bevan as Merab and Michal respectively, and of Benjamin Hullett as a cross between a clown and a soothsayer." (The Independent ★★★★★)
Handel: Saul (Glyndebourne)
Christopher Purves (Saul); Iestyn Davies (David); Lucy Crowe (Merab); Sophie Bevan (Michal); Paul Appleby (Jonathan); Benjamin Hulett (High Priest); Ivor Bolton (Conductor); Barrie Kosky (Director);
"The Independent" (Musically this evening is well-nigh flawless.)
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne)
Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears); Emma Bell (Fox); Sergei Leiferkus (Forester); Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest); Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito); William Dazeley (Harasta);
"Lucy Crowe's glowingly sung Vixen ...Tom Pyes Hockneyish designs are evocative of a world of childish wonder, with animal costumes which cleverly suggest human characteristic." (The Daily Telegraph)
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne)
Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears); Emma Bell (Fox); Sergei Leiferkus (Forester); Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest); Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito); William Dazeley (Harasta);
"Lucy Crowe's glowingly sung Vixen ...Tom Pye's Hockneyish designs are evocative of a world of childish wonder, with animal costumes which cleverly suggest human characteristic." (The Daily Telegraph)