Slavery and Voodoo: Delius’ Koanga in Wexford

Von Mark Pullinger, 22 Oktober 2015

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“Nozuko Teto... a glorious, full lyric soprano which gleams throughout its range”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, am 21 Oktober 2015

Delius, Koanga

Wexford Festival Opera

Stephen Barlow, Musikalische Leitung

Michael Gieleta, Regie

James Macnamara, Bühnenbild

Sarah Roberts, Kostüme

Norman Garrett, Koanga

Nozuko Teto, Palmyra

Kate Allen, Clotilda

Christopher Robertson, Don José Martinez

Aubrey Allicock, Onkel Joe, Rangwan

Jeffrey Gwaltney, Simon Perez

Eleanor Garside, Hélène

Frances Israel, Jeanne

Maria Hughes, Marie

Rachel Croash, Renée

Emma Watkinson, Aurore

Vivien Conacher, Hortense

Laura Murphy, Olive

Natalie Sinnott, Paulette

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**111

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Eleanor Knight, 18th October

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*****

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Eleanor Knight, 17th October

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***11

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Andrew Larkin, 20th October

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****1

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*****

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Andrew Larkin, 18th October

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***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Slavery and Voodoo: Delius’ Koanga opens the 64th Wexford Festival