Mixed success for Irish National Opera's Maria Stuarda

Anna Devin (Elisabetta)

Tara Erraught (Maria Stuarda) and Arthur Espiritu (Leicester)

Maria Stuarda at Irish National Opera

Par Andrew Larkin, 05 juin 2022

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Critique faite à Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, le 5 juin 2022

Donizetti, Maria Stuarda

Irish National Opera

Fergus Sheil, Direction

Tom Creed, Mise en scène

Katie Davenport, Décors, Costumes

Sinead McKenna, Lumières

Irish National Opera Orchestra

Irish National Opera Chorus

Tara Erraught, Maria Stuarda

Anna Devin, Elisabetta

Arthur Espiritu, Earl of Leicester

Gemma Ní Bhriain, Anna

Giorgio Caoduro, Cecil

Callum Thorpe, Talbot

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Erraught and Devin shine, but mixed success for Irish National Opera's Maria Stuarda