Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

Por Richard Wilcocks, 02 febrero 2020

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Crítica hecha desde Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds el 1 febrero 2020

Mozart, Las bodas de Fígaro (Le nozze di Figaro) (Sung in English)

Opera North

Antony Hermus, Dirección

Jo Davies, Dirección de escena

Leslie Travers, Diseño de escena

Gabrielle Dalton, Diseño de vestuario

Quirijn de Lang, Count Almaviva

Máire Flavin, Countess Almaviva

Phillip Rhodes, Figaro

Fflur Wyn, Susanna

Heather Lowe, Cherubino

Jonathan Best, Doctor Bartolo

Gaynor Keeble, Marcellina

Joseph Shovelton, Don Basilio

James Farncombe, Diseño de iluminación

Kay Shepherd, Coreografía

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.