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Così fan tutte »

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So women, we informed in Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, are all like that. Very well. But da Ponte doesn’t in fact, care to inform us what it is, precisely, that women are all like. Are sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella shameless hussies, or r...

Wed 13 May 2009 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

La Clemenza di Tito »

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Delivered to great effect in the elegant St. Cecelia’s hall, La Clemenza di Tito tells the story of Vitellia and her manipulation of Sesto, who makes an attempt on the life of his dear friend Emperor Tito after he rejects Vitellia. But Tito annou...

Fri 27 Mar 2009 by Steven Dow Cowan | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra shine once more »

Jan Alison Mitchell

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A performance which involves a programme of music by composers stretching over the past 200 years is bound to be an uneven one. What a 200 years it’s been after all! Surely the subtle dissonances of Poulenc will be lost in Mozart, whose emphasis...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Smooth opera-tion »

Thomas Oliemans as Figaro

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Let's face it – Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Mozart's Seraglio aren't a million miles apart. In the former, beautiful Rosina is rescued by dashing young Count Almaviva from the old, lecherous Don Bartolo, all comically masterminded by the ...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

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