Tag Archives: Huw Montague Rendall

The Marriage of Figaro, Glyndebourne, June 2025

Posted on 3 July 2025

Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro may be a perfect opera, but in the wrong hands it can seem to drag towards the end. Here that was very much not the case, and this new production at Glyndebourne succeeded very well indeed, encouraged by a very receptive audience — see my review in The Article.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne, GFO, May 2016

Posted on 23 May 2016

The cast for Glyndebourne’s new Barber — its first performance of this opera for over thirty years — exuded huge zest and youthful energy, encouraged by the infectious enthusiasm of conductor Enrique Mazzola, who brought Rossini’s score vividly to life. This was a team whose rapid-fire musicality drew cheers from the audience, with the inimitable …

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