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Opera North's sunny and life-affirming Bartered Bride

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Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 29 October 2014
Smetana, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)
Anthony Kraus, Conductor
Daniel Slater, Director
Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Jennifer France, Esmeralda
Ann Taylor, Ludmila
Kate Valentine, Mařenka
Fiona Kimm, Háta
Brenden Gunnell, Jeník
Peter Bodenham, The Ringmaster
Nicholas Watts, Vašek
Peter Savidge, Krušina
James Creswell, Kecal
Stephen Richardson, Micha
Vanessa Gray, Choreography
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