Prom 49: Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard

Par David Karlin, 20 août 2012

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 19 août 2012

Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard

Leigh Melrose, Lt Sir Richard Cholmondeley

Andrew Kennedy, Colonel Fairfax

Lisa Milne, Elsie Maynard

Dame Felicity Palmer, Dame Carruthers

Heather Shipp, Phoebe Meryll

Mary Bevan, Kate

Mark Richardson, Sergeant Meryll

Tom Randle, Leonard Meryll

Mark Stone, Jack Point

Toby Stafford-Allen, Wilfred Shadbolt

Jonathan McGovern, First Yeoman

Marcus Farnsworth, Second Yeoman

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BBC Concert Orchestra

Dame Jane Glover, Direction

Martin Duncan, Direction musicale

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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.