By
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A revival of the 2006 Festival Production
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
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Mozart and da Ponte’s final collaboration is a painfully funny,
sometimes wickedly cynical comedy in which two callow, and
perhaps slightly callous, young lads take on a bet to seduce one
another’s girlfriends. Amid the ensuing confusions and confl icts,
the often laughable attempts of both sexes to control their deepest
feelings are stripped bare to some of the most enticingly seductive and
heartbreakingly honest music ever written.
Much acclaimed for its dramatic truthfulness, deft wit and
emotionally penetrating insights, Nicholas Hytner’s elegantly classical
period staging returns with a fresh young cast of lovers – featuring
Sally Matthews (an adorable Lauretta in 2004’s Gianni Schicchi) and
Allan Clayton (the wide-eyed hero of 2008’s Albert Herring) alongside
Norwegian mezzo Tuva Semmingsen (who sang Cenerentola for
Glyndebourne in the 2005 Tour) and Canadian bass-baritone
Robert Gleadow, both making their Festival debuts – under the
seasoned direction of the supreme Mozartian conductor, Sir Charles
Mackerras.Group.
Performance schedule
Key
* = Pre-performance talk available in the in the Ebert Room.
Creative team
Conductors Charles Mackerras /James Gaffigan
Director Nicholas Hytner
Revival Director Ashley Dean
Designer Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Cast
Dorabella Barbara Senator
Fiordliligi Sally Matthews
Ferrando Allan Clayton
Guglielmo Robert Gleadow
Despina Anna Maria Panzarella
Don Alfonso Pietro Spagnoli
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus