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Opera on 3: Massenet's Don Quichotte

Massenet's Don Quichotte

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Massenet's Don Quichotte

Bass Goderdzi Janelidze sings the title role and mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina sings Dulcinee.

Sean Rafferty presents, from Wexford Festival Opera, Massenet's last masterpiece, Don Quichotte, with bass Goderdzi Janelidze in the title role and Aigul Akhmetshina as Dulcinee.

From Wexford Festival Opera, Jules Massenet's last true masterpiece, Don Quichotte, with the bass Goderdzi Janelidze in the title role as the half-crazy, ageing, self-proclaimed knight-errant dreamer, and the raising star mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as his love interest, the young and fair Dulcinee. It's based on the Cervantes evergreen novel, a sardonic look at the old-fashioned chivalry romances of yesteryear. Massenet turned it into a delicious comédie-héroïque portraying this unique world in a witty and at the same time sad, and ultimately deeply humane caricature.
Presented by Sean Rafferty with commentary by the 19th-Century opera expert Flora Willson.

Don Quichotte by Jules Masenet - comédie-héroïque in 5 acts
La belle Dulcinee.....Aigul Akhmetshina (Mezzo-soprano) 
Don Quichotte.....Goderdzi Janelidze (Bass) 
Sancho.....Olafur Sigurdarson (Bass) 
Juan.....Gavan Ring (Baritone) 
Pedro.....Gabrielle Dundon (Soprano) 
Garcias.....Elly Hunter Smith (Soprano) 
Rodriguez.....Dominick Felix (Tenor) 
Footman I.....Thomas Chenhall (Baritone) 
Footman 2.....Rene Bloice-sanders (Baritone) 

Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
Wexford Opera House Orchestra
Timothy Myers (Conductor)

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