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Aleko on the Arno: Sir Bryn Terfel leads fine new double bill at Grange Park Opera

Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi)
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Pasquale Orchard (Lauretta), Luis Gomes (Rinuccio) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Giannii Schicchi)
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Gianni Schicchi
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Grange Park Opera Chorus in Aleko
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Sir Bryn Terfel (Aleko)
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“Terfel was on fine vocal and histrionic form throughout”
Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 6 June 2024
Puccini, Gianni Schicchi
Grange Park Opera
Gianluca Marcianò, Conductor
Stephen Medcalf, Director
Jamie Vartan, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tim Mitchell, Lighting Designer
BBC Concert Orchestra
Grange Park Opera Chorus
Sir Bryn Terfel, Aleko, Gianni Schicchi
Ailish Tynan, Zemfira, Nella
Robert Winslade Anderson, Zemfira's father, Betto di Signa
Luis Gomes, Young Gypsy, Rinuccio
Sara Fulgoni, Gypsy woman, Zita
Pasquale Orchard, Lauretta
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Gherardo
Matthew Brook, Simone
Michel de Souza, Marco
Olivia Ray, La Ciesca
Joshua McCullough, Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Christian Andreas, Guccio
Henry Grant Kerswell, Maestro Spinelloccio
Jacob Bettinelli, Pinellino
Timothy Bagley, Buoso Donati
Lynne Hockney, Choreography
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