RAM Opera double bill: Dido and Aeneas and The Lighthouse

Por Emily Owen, 20 mayo 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Academy of Music: Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Londres el 16 mayo 2013

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas

Davies, The Lighthouse

Royal Academy Opera

Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia

Iain Ledingham, Dirección

Lionel Friend, Dirección

John Ramster, Dirección de escena

Sarah Shorter, Dido

Samuel Pantcheff, Aeneas

Sónia Grané, Belinda

Samuel Queen, Blazes

Iain Milne, Sandy

Andri Björn Róbertsson, Arthur

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.