Performer: Rebecca Meltzer

Dove’s masterful adaptation, combined with an ebullient and characterful rendition by New Zealand Opera, make for a very effective and at times, very moving, afternoon at the opera. 

A uniformly strong cast and pianists effortlessly combine comedy and emotion in Dove's Mansfield Park from Waterperry Opera. 

Amid all the18th-century flummery, contemporary touches abound as the OHP's post-pandemic season opens.