Love, Passion & Deceit (Glyndebourne)
Miah Persson (Fiordiligi); Ruxandra Donose (Cenerentola); Topi Lehtipuu (Ferrando); Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico); Pär Lindskog (Alfred); Thomas Allen (Eisenstein);
"This is a performance that meets the Glyndebourne gold standard Hall has decided to keep it real and produced something understated, sensitive and thus deeply pleasurable." (The Daily Telegraph)
Massenet: Cendrillon (Glyndebourne)
Danielle de Niese (Cendrillon); Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltiére); Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant); Nina Minasyan (La Fée); Eduarda Melo (Noémie); Julie Pasturaud (Dorothée); Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe);
"De Niese and Lindsey match each other perfectly. As Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother, Armenian soprano Nina Minasyan delivers dozens of high notes with elfin expertise. Agnes Zwierko enacts Cinderella’s selfish stepmother with a fine sense of parody, though she’s a bit flat vocally, while Lionel Lhote is impeccable as Cinderella’s ineffectual father, Pandolfe. There’s top-quality playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit, while conductor John Wilson makes an endless delight of the enchanting candyfloss score; and there’s enough magic and fairy dust in the show’s visuals and its overall execution to keep the children in us all happy ever after." (The Stage)
Massenet: Cendrillon (Glyndebourne)
Danielle de Niese (Cendrillon); Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltiére); Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant); Nina Minasyan (La Fée); Eduarda Melo (Noémie); Julie Pasturaud (Dorothée); Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe);
"De Niese and Lindsey match each other perfectly. As Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother, Armenian soprano Nina Minasyan delivers dozens of high notes with elfin expertise. Agnes Zwierko enacts Cinderella’s selfish stepmother with a fine sense of parody, though she’s a bit flat vocally, while Lionel Lhote is impeccable as Cinderella’s ineffectual father, Pandolfe. There’s top-quality playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit, while conductor John Wilson makes an endless delight of the enchanting candyfloss score; and there’s enough magic and fairy dust in the show’s visuals and its overall execution to keep the children in us all happy ever after." (The Stage)
Mozart: 3 Operas (Glyndebourne)
Sally Matthews (Countess Almaviva (Figaro)); Vito Priante (Figaro (Figaro)); Audun Iversen (Count Almaviva (Figaro)); Lydia Teuscher (Susanna (Figaro)); Miah Persson (Fiordiligi (Cosi)); Anke Vondung (Dorabella (Cosi)); Topi Lehtipuu (Ferrando (Cosi)); Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo (Cosi)); Sally Matthews (Konstanze (Entführung)); Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte (Entführung)); Tobias Kehrer (Osmin (Entführung)); Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde (Entführung));
"Glorious orchestral playing and magnificent singing under Iván Fischer" (BBC Music Magazine - Cosi fan tutte)
Mozart: 3 Operas (Glyndebourne)
Sally Matthews (Countess Almaviva (Figaro)); Vito Priante (Figaro (Figaro)); Audun Iversen (Count Almaviva (Figaro)); Lydia Teuscher (Susanna (Figaro)); Miah Persson (Fiordiligi (Cosi)); Anke Vondung (Dorabella (Cosi)); Topi Lehtipuu (Ferrando (Cosi)); Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo (Cosi)); Sally Matthews (Konstanze (Entführung)); Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte (Entführung)); Tobias Kehrer (Osmin (Entführung)); Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde (Entführung));
"Glorious orchestral playing and magnificent singing under Iván Fischer" (BBC Music Magazine - Cosi fan tutte)
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne)
Sally Matthews (Konstanze); Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte); Tobias Kehrer (Osmin); Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde); Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo); Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim); Robin Ticciati (Conductor); David McVicar (Director);
"Mesmerising, sensitive, at times troublingly erotic, the whole thing forces us to rethink a remarkable work. Outstanding." (The Guardian ★★★★★)