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Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne (1999)Director:Brian Large |
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Title: Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne (1999– )
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Cecilia Bartoli | ... |
Herself - Mezzo-Soprano
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Bryn Terfel | ... |
Himself - Baryton
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Myung-Whun Chung | ... |
Himself - Conductor
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UKLanguage:
ItalianRelease Date:
9 August 2008 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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Some singers are content with singing the notes. Some singers can act. Cecila Bartoli and Bryn Terfel do more than just act, they become the character, like method actors. Each three minute or so aria becomes a self-contained mini-drama.
It is good to see two such consummate performers together. They start with Le Nozze di Figaro, which is the only opera that I have ever seen them perform together. Bartoli can even put menace into words "Dong Dong", imitating the Counts bell. They go on to Il Barbiere di Siviglia but, instead of doing the showpiece arias, they perform a little duet between Figaro and Rosina complete with recitative. It is in the recitatives that the rapport between the two and their acting ability is most evident.
Elsewhere there are solo arias from La Clemenza di Tito, Don Giovanni, Judas Maccabeus and Semiramide as well as duets from L'elisir d'amore. They end with the Pappageno-Pappagena duet from Die Zauberflöte, sung in German. I think this is the first time I have ever heard Cecilia Bartoli sing in anything other than Italian.
At the end, both are presented with bouquets. Bryn Terfel looks embarrassed holding the flowers and quickly disposes of them to a woman on the front row. I hope she had them pressed and preserved.