La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden Girl)

Archive Listings for La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden Girl)

T01220830508 (GREENWPL10) Running time 2hrs 15mins with intervalProducer Michael Corby. Director Jose Gandia.
22 Sep 10 to 10 Oct 10	Greenwich Playhouse, Outer London :: V1286 listing details L0801122508
T1585873638 (ROH06) Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Supported (2006) by The Friends of Covent Garden. New ProductionProducer Royal Opera House. Conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Director Christof Loy. Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Reinhard Traub. Performer Kurt Streit (Don Anchise). Performer Genia Kuhmeier (Marchioness Violante/Sandrina). Performer Christoph Strehl (Count Belfiore). Performer Camilla Tilling (Arminda). Performer Sophie Koch (Ramiro). Performer Patrizia Biccire (Serpetta). Performer Christopher Maltman (Roberto/Nardo).
21 Sep 06 to 7 Oct 06	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L166328985
T0406447312 (GARSINGTON03) Producer Garsington Opera. Corporate Sponsor JP Morgan. Conductor Steuart Bedford. Director Paul Curran. Design Kevin Knight. Performer Lisa Saffer (Sandrina). Performer Adrian Thompson (Don Anchise). Performer Majella Cullagh (Arminda). Performer Iain Paton (Count Belfore). Performer Damian Thantrey (Nardo). Performer Michelle Walton (Ramiro). Performer Carla Huhtanen (Serpetta).
26 Jul 03 to 11 Aug 03	Wormsley Estate (previously operated from Garsington Manor), High Wycombe :: V798 listing details L1380616024

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Opera or Operetta :: This opera buffa was the first of Mozart's operas to be performed all over Europe and was premiered just before his nineteenth birthday. The original text was lost until 1978. Intrigue and farce unfold as the Countess, disguises herself as a gardener in order to seek out her long-lost lover.

Music	Mozart
Lyrics	Calzabigi (revised Coltellini)