Comments on: Cavalli’s Hipermestra – an Italian masterpiece from opera’s dawn gets its UK premier at Glyndebourne 2017. https://wolfiewolfgang.com/a-great-italian-opera-from-operas-dawn-gets-its-uk-premier-at-glyndebourne-2017/ Check in for my regular blogs and reviews Sun, 28 May 2017 22:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Colin Bell https://wolfiewolfgang.com/a-great-italian-opera-from-operas-dawn-gets-its-uk-premier-at-glyndebourne-2017/#comment-1463 Sun, 28 May 2017 22:19:50 +0000 https://wolfiewolfgang.com/?p=19136#comment-1463 In reply to Bren.

I think you should try to overcome this little problem for your own pleasure, Bren! You might even get to appreciate countertenors, I hope so. Thanks, as always, for your comments on this site. W.

]]> By: Bren https://wolfiewolfgang.com/a-great-italian-opera-from-operas-dawn-gets-its-uk-premier-at-glyndebourne-2017/#comment-1461 Sun, 28 May 2017 14:20:55 +0000 https://wolfiewolfgang.com/?p=19136#comment-1461 I have only two words to see about anybody singing ‘Che faro senza Eurydice’: Kathleen Ferrier. Her recordings may be 60 years old but I don’t think that they have ever been matched. As a full-blooded contralto she has a warmth the voice that countertenors don’t seem to be able to find.

As I’ve managed to overcome my reverse snobbery about the ROH I wonder whether I could do the same for Glyndebourne.

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