Vert-Vert

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Garsington OperaThe Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe, South-East, HP14 3YE, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Performers

Garsington Opera
David Parry	Conductor
Francis O'Connor	Set Designer
Martin Duncan	Director
Yvonne Howard	Mezzo-soprano	Madamoiselle Paturelle
Robert Murray	Tenor	Valentin / Vert-Vert
Fflur Wyn	Soprano	Mimi
Naomi O'Connell	Mezzo-soprano	La Corilla
Andrew Glover	Tenor	Bergerac
Mark Wilde	Tenor	Binet
Geoffrey Dolton	Baritone	Baladon
Quirijn de Lang	Bass-baritone	D'Arlange

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Vert-Vert delights at Garsington

David Karlin, 10th June

Vert-Vert, undoubtedly the only opera named after a dead parrot, is a very, very silly opera – more a series of comic sketches than an integrated work. But in Garsington's production, everything delights.

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