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April’s first kiss: Susana Gaspar’s Mimì shines in a frustrating Bohème

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“Susana Gaspar was a peach of a Mimì, lovable and sincere”
Reviewed at The Grange, Alresford on 14 June 2015
Puccini, La bohème
Grange Park Opera
Stephen Barlow, Conductor
Stephen Medcalf, Director
Jamie Vartan, Set Designer
Susana Gaspar, Mimì
Gianluca Terranova, Rodolfo
Brett Polegato, Marcello
Kelebogile Besong, Musetta
Quirijn de Lang, Schaunard
Nicholas Crawley, Colline
Nicholas Folwell, Alcindoro, Benoît
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