Stephen Medcalf and Martyn Brabbins bring us a mixed Eugene Onegin at Grange Park

Von Roger Smith, 03 Juni 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Grange, Alresford, am 30 Mai 2013

Tschaikowsky, Eugen Onegin

Grange Park Opera

Susan Gritton, Tatyana

Brett Polegato, Eugene Onegin

Frances Bourne, Olga

Robert Anthony Gardiner, Lensky

Clive Bayley, Prince Gremin

Anne-Marie Owens, Madame Larina

Kathleen Wilkinson, Filippyevna

Stuart Kale, Monsieur Triquet

Martyn Brabbins, Musikalische Leitung

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Medcalf, Regie

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.