Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Von Mark Valencia, 31 März 2019

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“The insuperable problem... is the absence of the lad himself”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 30 März 2019

Bell, Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

English National Opera

Martyn Brabbins, Musikalische Leitung

Daniel Kramer, Regie

Soutra Gilmour, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Natalya Romaniw, Mary Kelly

Dame Josephine Barstow, Maud

Janis Kelly, Polly Nichols

Marie McLaughlin, Annie Chapman

Susan Bullock, Liz Stride

Lesley Garrett, Catherine Eddowes

William Morgan, Writer

Alex Otterburn, Squibby

Alan Opie, The Pathologist

Robert Hayward, Commissioner of Police

Nicky Spence, Sergeant Johnny Strong

James Cleverton, The Photographer

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Iain Bell's new opera for ENO, Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel