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Le Comte Ory
Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.
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Lise Davidsen Leonore/Fidelio
Robin Tritschler Jaquino
Amanda Forsythe Marzelline
Georg Zeppenfeld Rocco
Simon Neal Don Pizarro
David Butt Philip Florestan
Filipe Manu First Prisoner
Timothy Dawkins Second Prisoner
Egils Silins Don Fernando
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