Photo Coverage: Anthony Kearns Leads DON GIOVANNI at Lismore Music Fest.
By: Jessica Lewis Jun. 10, 2011
The Lismore Music Festival took place Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5 and featured a new production of Mozart's much loved classic Don Giovanni, directed by Dieter Kaegi in the stunning surroundings of Lismore Castle. A new arrangement was commissioned by LMF and was especially arranged by Nick Roth for violin, cello, flute, trombone, saxophones, piano & harpsichord. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the production below!
LMF is an eclectic mix of musical genres with opera at its core and aims to become an annual event which will attract music lovers and visitors to the region. Situated in what is often referred to as the Irish Riviera, Lismore Castle, the privately owned residence of the Duke of Devonshire and his family played host to two performances of Don Giovanni in the transformed upper stables on the grounds of the castle by kind permission of Lord and Lady Burlington.
Following the success of the inaugural LMF last June, the programme for the weekend was expanded to include a concert ‘Opera for Guitar and Voice' at Lismore's historic St. Carthage's Cathedral, a recital of Italian Repertoire sponsored by the Italian Institute of Italian Culture, featuring Irish Sopranos, Sandra Oman and Deirdre Masterson as part of the LMF recitals on the Blackwater at Salterbridge House, free musical performances at various locations around the town of Lismore, and an exhibition of local artists at Salterbridge House & Gardens featuring the work of Chris Yowell (Painter) Jane Jermyn (Ceramicist & Sophie Broadhead) Jeweller
The Lismore Farmers Market on the castle avenue and the Opera Supper Club at O'Brien's Chop House.
LMF assembled a cast of Irish and InterNational Singers and musicians for this unique Summer Musical event. The Don Giovanni cast included, Anthony Kearns as Don Ottavio; Cara O'Sullivan as Donna Anna; Andrew Ashwin as Don Giovanni, John Molloy as Leporello; Fiona Murphy as Donna Elvira; Mary O'Sullivan as Zerlina; Gerard O'Connor as Commendatore & Gavan Ring as Masseto
The LMF Chamber Orchestra included, Cora Venus Lunny - violin; AdrIan Hart - violin; Kate Ellis - cello; Fiona Kelly - flute; Nick Roth - saxophones; Colm O'Hara - trombone; David Adams - piano / harpsichord and Larrissa O'Grady - Viola & Violin.
For more information on the Festival visit www.lismoremusicfestival.com.
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