Overview
Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering a superb musical performance (The Telegraph) offering lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola (New York Times). This first-ever professional UK staging of the story of third-century Armenian martyr St Polyeuctus features a trio of world-class young singers with Beverly Sills- and Richard Tucker-award-winning Fabiano displaying a thrilling, vibrant tone in the title role, Martínez providing Paolina with pinging coloratura and Golovatenko giving a radiant-toned voice to Severo (The Guardian )
Cast
- Michael Fabiano as Poliuto
- Ana María Martínez as Paolina
- Igor Golovatenko as Severo
- Matthew Rose as Callistene
- Timothy Robinson as Felice
- Emanuele D’Aguanno as Nearco
- Enrique Mazzola as Conductor