Details

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.

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Calzabigi (revised Coltellini)

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

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T0420997034

Producer Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Conductor Robin Ticciati. Director Frederic Wake-Walker. Design Antony McDonald. Lighting Lucy Carter. Company Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performer Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Don Anchise - IllPodesta). Performer Christiane Karg (Sandrina - La Marchesa Violante). Performer Nicole Heaston (Arminda). Performer Joel Prieto (Count Belfiore). Performer Rachel Frenkel (Ramiro). Performer Joelle Harvey (Serpetta). Performer Gyula Orendt (Nardo - Roberto).
25 Nov 14 to 27 Nov 14Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth :: V895
listing details L1574092274
18 Nov 14 to 20 Nov 14Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754
listing details L2056928543
11 Nov 14 to 13 Nov 14Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72
listing details L01147131751
28 Jun 14 to 21 Aug 14Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671
listing details L1524841417

T01220830508

Running time 2hrs 15mins with intervalProducer Michael Corby. Director Jose Gandia.
22 Sep 10 to 10 Oct 10Greenwich Playhouse, Outer London :: V1286
listing details L0801122508

T1585873638

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 06Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L166328985

T0406447312

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 03Garsington Opera, High Wycombe :: V798
listing details L1380616024

Other listings

28 Oct 14 to 31 Oct 14New Victoria Theatre, Woking :: V709
listing details L2048198371
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