La clemenza di Tito review – a Grange Festival Mozart to remember musicomh.com/classical/opera-reviews/la-clemenza-di-tito-review-a-grange-festival-mozart-to-remember Melanie Eskenazi June 10, 2026 CLASSICAL AND OPERA / OPERA REVIEWS The Grange Festival,...
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La clemenza di Tito review – a Grange Festival Mozart to remember musicomh.com/classical/opera-reviews/la-clemenza-di-tito-review-a-grange-festival-mozart-to-remember Melanie Eskenazi June 10, 2026 CLASSICAL AND OPERA / OPERA REVIEWS The Grange Festival, Alresford • 9 June 2026 Jeremy Ovenden is authoritative and Aphrodite Patoulidou a scorching Vitellia as Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques make a distinguished Grange debut The cast of La clemenza di Tito (Photo: Connor Apps) ‘Connoisseurs are in doubt whether Tito does not in fact surpass Don Giovanni.’ (Niemetschek, Life of Mozart). Some of us would definitely agree. We’re an odd bunch, our little sect of Mozart devotees who love this opera seria beyond all others by the composer – for us, all that had gone before led to this music, with its classic poise, emotional depth and conflicted characters. These qualities make it an ideal candidate for a concert performance, since the focus in that context is on the steady stream of wonderful
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