Sonia Prina – title role Rinaldo in Glyndebourne Festival 2011
Georg Frideric Handel
Director Robert Carsen
Designer Gideon Davey
Lighting designer Robert Carsen and Peter van Praet
Movement director Philippe Giraudeau
Dramaturg Ian Burton
Cast includes
Rinaldo Sonia Prina
Goffredo Varduhi Abrahamyan
Eustazio Tim Mead
Almirena Sandrine Piau
Armida Brenda Rae
Argante Luca Pisaroni
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
http://glyndebourne.com/production/rinaldo
“ As for the title-role, Sonia Prina drew most affectingly on her magical low register to infuse the aria ‘Cara sposa’ with irresistible melancholy. This was the highpoint of the evening dramatically as well as vocally: Prina stood alone, faced the audience from an empty platform and threw herself into a scene of sustained vocal, physical and emotional commitment that will live far longer in the memory than anything else that happened on the Royal Albert Hall’s makeshift stage…”Reviewed by: Mark Valencia
