Elisir d’amore (Adina) / Glyndebourne Festival (24.07.2009)

1. •Ainhoa Garmendia flew in to take over the role of Adina at short notice and threw herself into the production as if she had sneaked a swig of Dulcamara’s energy-giving elixir before going on [more...]
   

1. •The soprano is ill; her understudy gets, and makes the most of, her chance of a lifetime - and a star is born. In this case she wasn't the cover [more...]
   

1. •Outstanding too at this performance was the contribution of Spanish soprano Ainhoa Garmendia, who had flown in on the morning of the performance to take over from an ailing colleague in the leading role of Adina. Never less than confident in her singing or her acting [more...]
   

1. •Ainhoa Garmendia, Siurina’s replacement, had flown in only hours before but you wouldn’t have guessed it. She had the moves, and her vocal characterisation was precise and flexible [more...]
   

1. •Her singing had great glamour and dexterity. Dramatically, she was entirely credible as an affectionate yet manipulative woman caught up in her own games. And she didn't look out of place [more...]
   

1. •The Basque soprano Ainhoa Garmendia, who sang Despina in Cosi fan tutte here three seasons back. In these difficult circumstances, Garmendia gave a very creditable performance and entered into the spirit of the thing with gusto [more...]
   

1. •It was Garmendia who had saved the show. She had boarded a plane that morning from Leipzig...The wonder was that you simply wouldn’t have guessed it. Everything that Arden clearly wanted from this Adina — spunky but vulnerable, desperate for her man but not so desperate that she would ever show it — she delivered with gusto [more...]