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Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra finds a welcome new home at the Theatre in the Woods

Sir Simon Keenlyside (Simon Boccanegra)
© Marc Brenner
Elin Pritchard (Amelia) and Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele Adorno)
© Marc Brenner
Grange Park Opera Chorus
© Marc Brenner
Elin Pritchard (Amelia)
© Marc Brenner
Simon Boccanegra, Act 3
© Marc Brenner
Par Mark Pullinger, 06 juin 2025
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“vivid stage pictures are created, none greater than the Council Chamber scene”
Critique faite à The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley, le 5 juin 2025
Programme
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra
Artistes
Grange Park Opera
Gianluca Marcianò, Direction
Sir David Pountney, Mise en scène
Ralph Koltai, Décors
Sue Willmington, Costumes
Tim Mitchell, Lumières
The Gascoigne Orchestra
Grange Park Opera Chorus
Robin Tebbutt, Revival Director
Sir Simon Keenlyside, Simon Boccanegra
James Creswell, Jacopo Fiesco
Elin Pritchard, Amelia Grimaldi
Otar Jorjikia, Gabriele Adorno
Jolyon Loy, Paolo Albiani
David Shipley, Pietro
Rosa Sparks, Amelia's maid
Sam Utley, Captain
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.