Dove's Swanhunter by Opera North

Von David Karlin, 05 April 2015

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“Afonwy-Jones sang with a fine combination of sweetness and menace”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London, am 4 April 2015

Dove, Swanhunter

Opera North

Justin Doyle, Musikalische Leitung

Hannah Mulder, Regie

Suzanne Shakespeare, Swan

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Louhi

Ann Taylor, Mother

Adrian Dwyer, Lemminkäinen

Christopher Diffey, Soppy-hat

Matthew Hargreaves, Death

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

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