McVicar's The Marriage of Figaro lights up the Opera Australia stage

Por Chantal Nguyen, 21 octubre 2019

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“a pastel colour palette that would make Laura Ashley weep with envy”

Crítica hecha desde Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sídney el 18 octubre 2019

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

Opera Australia

Guillaume Tourniaire, Dirección

Sir David McVicar, Dirección de escena

Jenny Tiramani, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Andrei Bondarenko, Count Almaviva

Ekaterina Sadovnikova, Countess Almaviva

Paolo Bordogna, Figaro

Stacey Alleaume, Susanna

Anna Dowsley, Cherubino

Richard Anderson, Doctor Bartolo

Dominica Matthews, Marcellina

Graeme Macfarlane, Don Curzio

Benjamin Rasheed, Don Basilio

Kate Amos, Barbarina

Phoebe-Celeste Humphreys, First Bridesmaid

Anna Yun, Second Bridesmaid

Andrew Moran, Antonio

Andy Morton, Director de reposición

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.