Murder on the dance floor: an underwhelming Ballo

By Mark Pullinger, 04 February 2018

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“Tereza Gevorgyan's jaunty Oscar, superbly vibrant, coloratura thrown off with ease”

Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 3 February 2018

Verdi, Un ballo in maschera

Opera North

Richard Farnes, Conductor

Tim Albery, Director

Hannah Clark, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Rafael Rojas, Gustavo, King of Sweden

Phillip Rhodes, Count Anckarström

Adrienn Miksch, Amelia

Patricia Bardon, Madame Arvidson

Tereza Gevorgyan, Oscar

Dean Robinson, Count Ribbing

Stephen Richardson, Count Horn

Richard Mosley-Evans, Cristiano

Ivan Sharpe, Judge

Stuart Laing, Amelia's servant

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Murder on the dance floor: an underwhelming Ballo in maschera from Opera North