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Strauss à la Fellini: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera North

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Ariadne) and Ric Furman (Bacchus)
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John Savournin (Major-Domo), Dean Robinson (Music Master) and Hanna Hipp (The Composer)
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Hanna Hipp (The Composer) and Jennifer France (Zerbinetta)
© Richard Hubert Smith
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Ariadne)
© Richard Hubert Smith
Adrian Dwyer, Dominic Sedgwick, Jennifer France, John Savournin and Alex Banfield (commedia troupe)
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“the commedia dell'arte characters are straight out of the film 8½”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 18 February 2023
Strauss R., Ariadne auf Naxos
Antony Hermus, Conductor
Rodula Gaitanou, Director
George Souglides, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Simon Corder, Lighting Designer
Hanna Hipp, Composer
Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Primadonna (Ariadne)
Ric Furman, The Tenor (Bacchus)
Jennifer France, Zerbinetta
Daniel Norman, Dancing Master
John Savournin, Truffaldino, The Major-Domo
Dominic Sedgwick, Harlequin
Alex Banfield, Scaramuccio
Adrian Dwyer, Brighella
Jeremy Peaker, Wigmaker
Frazer Scott, Lackey
Daisy Brown, Naiad
Laura Kelly-McInroy, Dryad
Amy Freston, Echo
Victoria Newlyn, Choreography
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