Don Quichotte was conceived for Feodor Chaliapin, who possessed a large, deep and expressive bass voice, but Massenet’s music asks for understatement and subtlety. Maybe that’s why it’s so rarely performed. In tonight’s performance recorded at the National Opera House in Wexford Goderdzi Janelidze sings the title role with Aigul Akhmetshina as La Belle Dulcinee, Gavan Ring sings Juan and Timothy Myers conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 23rd November, 7pm-10pm