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Rossini - Ermione - Antonacci/ Ford Movie
Rossini's rarely performed 'opera seria' Ermione was a surprise hit when it was first performed at Glyndebourne in 1995. Set in Troy after the fall of the city to the Greeks, this tragedy of great histrionic force concentrates on the bitter struggle for the love of Pyrrhus between Hector's widow, Andromache, and the jealous Ermione, sister of Helen of Troy. Graham Vick sets his highly-effective production in the classically-inspired auditorium of an Italian opera house, whose lop-sidedness gives an impression of the crazed emotions being played out on stage. He draws full-blooded performances from his cast, which includes Anna Caterina Antonacci as Ermione, Diana Montague as Andromache, Bruce Ford as Orestes, Jorge Lopez-Yanez as Pyrrhus, Paul Austin Kelly as Pylades and Gwynne Howell as Phoenix.
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