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Sophisticated Christmas sparkle: The Firework-Maker's Daughter at the Royal Opera House

By Charlotte Valori, 11 December 2015
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“Lauren Fagan... a lot of sturdy, nose-wrinkling determination”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 10 December 2015
Programme
Bruce, The Firework-Maker's Daughter
Performers
The Royal Opera
Alice Farnham, Conductor
John Fulljames, Director
Dick Bird, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lauren Fagan, Lila
Lucy Hall, Lila
Peter Kirk, Chulak
Ross Ramgobin, Rambashi
Wyn Pencarreg, Lalchand
Tai Oney, Hamlet
CHROMA
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.