This production of Lucia was the work of Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera who is the General Director of the company. In his detailed program note he wrote about how he had clearly thought about the setting and the relationship between the libretto and the original novel. This was a very classic staging – one where the gentlemen wore tartan kilts and the ladies long, flowing dresses. There was a lot of standing and delivering and a fair bit of falling to the floor with Enrico in particular seeming to have a thing for pushing other characters to the floor.
Léïla
A village hires a priestess to pray for the safety of their pearl fishermen, but long lost love gets in the way.
Comtesse Adèle
Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.
Philine
The wandering minstrel Lothario comes across a beautiful young girl named Mignon - a girl who may be his long-lost daughter.
