Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas' Mignon

Por Charlotte Valori, 25 noviembre 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Cadogan Hall, Londres el 24 noviembre 2015

Thomas, Mignon

New Sussex Opera

Nicholas Jenkins, Dirección

Harry Fehr, Dirección de escena

Eleanor Wdowski, Diseño de escena

Victoria Simmonds, Mignon

Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson, Philine

Ted Schmitz, Wilhelm Meister

Christopher Diffey, Laerte

Danilo Antonelli, Frédéric

Adrian Powter, Lothario

Jason Crook, Jarno

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

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