Glyndebourne Festival - Ariadne auf Naxos Reviews | 19 April 2021 |

Angela Brower (Composer)

A.J. Glueckert (Bacchus), Avery Amereau (Dryad), Hyesang Park (Naiad), Ruzan Mantashyan (Echo)

Erin Morley (Zerbinetta), Ensemble

Lise Davidsen (Ariadne), Nicholas Folwell (Major-Domo)
Performance reviews
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Ariadne auf NaxosGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() |
Strauss’s masterpiece emerges mysterious and suggestive |
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Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen takes a while to relax, but her voice seemingly knows no limits |
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A dazzling newcomer at Glyndebourne |
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An evening that prevails despite, rather than because of, the staging |
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The return of Katharina Thoma's controversial staging of Strauss's opera |
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Wonderful music; sensational singing; bewildering opera |
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Keep calm and carry on singing: love and art overcome wartime adversity in Glyndebourne’s Ariadne |
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Glyndebourne's wartime Ariadne auf Naxos |
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Lise Davidsen is imperious in Katharina Thoma’s comic and profound Ariadne auf Naxos |
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The mighty voice of up-and-coming soprano Lise Davidsen turns this revival of a misjudged production into a remarkable event |
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Ingenious staging mixes comedy with the mythic |
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Production details
Cast
Davidsen, Brower/Hipp, Morley, Glueckert, Allen, Laurenz, Bürger, Piolino, Miroslaw, Günther
(c) Meister (d) Thoma
Performance dates
25, 28 June, 1, 4, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 23, 27 August 2017
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