Glyndebourne Festival - Rinaldo Reviews
26 April 2024
Jakub Józef Orliński (Rinaldo)
Giulia Semenzato (Almirena), Jakub Józef Orliński (Rinaldo), Patrick Terry (Eustazio), Ensemble
Tim Mead (Goffredo)
Patrick Terry (Eustazio), Giulia Semenzato (Almirena)
Kristina Mkhitaryan (Armida)

Performance reviews

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Rinaldo

Glyndebourne Festival


No. of reviews: 8

Polish countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski gave an excellent performance in the title role
19 Aug 19 / Express
Juvenile japes and kinkiness in light-hearted but sharp Glyndebourne revival
15 Aug 19 / Evening Standard
Rinaldo vence por goleada
15 Aug 19 / Ópera Actual
Glyndebourne’s ‘Rinaldo’ beds in brilliantly
15 Aug 19 / Michael Church's blog
Exceptional cast and conductor
10 Aug 19 / The Stage
More work needed from the boyishly handsome, breakdancing counter-tenor
10 Aug 19 / Telegraph
Stale stereotypes abound in a production that’s a bit past its sell by date
10 Aug 19 / The Arts Desk
Jolly hockey sticks! Orliński rules as Rinaldo at Glyndebourne
10 Aug 19 / Bachtrack
Breakdancing opera singer steps in at Glyndebourne
Jakub Jozef Orlinski, a breakdancing opera singer will replace Elizabeth DeShong in Glyndebourne Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo after she pulled out "for personal reasons".
Production details
Cast
Orlinski, Terry, Mkhitaryan, Semenzato, Mead, Cedel, Hall, Jones
(c) Emelyanychev (d) Carsen
Performance dates
8, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25 August 2019
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