Event listing: L'assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais) | Hackney Empire | Sat 7 Mar 2015 at 19:30

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Hackney Empire291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, Greater London, E8 1EJ, United Kingdom

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Programme

The Siege of Calais (L'assedio di Calais)

Performers

English Touring Opera
Jeremy Silver	Conductor
James Conway	Director
Samal Blak	Set Designer
Paula Sides	Soprano	Eleonora
Catherine Carby	Mezzo-soprano	Aurelio
Ronan Busfield	Tenor	Edmundo
Matthew Ward	Tenor	Giacomo de Wisants
Andrew Glover	Tenor	Giovanni d'Aire
Grant Doyle	Baritone	Eduardo III
Craig Smith	Baritone	Eustachio de Saint-Pierre
Matthew Stiff	Baritone	Pietro de Wisants
Peter Brathwaite	Baritone	An English spy
Jan Capinski	Bass	Armando

Reviews of The Siege of Calais (L'assedio di Calais) directed by James Conway

****1

Hackney Empire, London, March 2013

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Verismo before its time: Donizetti's Siege of Calais

David Karlin, 7th March

Written half a century before the verismo movement, Donizetti paints a true-to-life portrait of a besieged people which is genuinely touching. James Conway's straightforward production features some notable individual singers and an excellent performance by the chorus.

***11