Marco Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera

Na'ama Goldman (Cesira)

Devid Cecconi (Giovanni) and Na'ama Goldman (Cesira)

Na'ama Goldman (Cesira) and Jade Phoenix (Rosetta)

Na'ama Goldman (Cesira), Jade Phoenix (Rosetta), Leonardo Caimi (Michele) and ensemble

By Andrew Larkin, 27 October 2023

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“under Rosetta Cucchi’s sensitive direction... this makes a truly compelling case for Tutino's opera”

Reviewed at National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford on 26 October 2023

Tutino, La Ciociara (Two Women) (revised orchestration)

Wexford Festival Opera

Francesco Cilluffo, Conductor

Rosetta Cucchi, Director

Tiziano Santi, Set Designer

Claudia Pernigotti, Costume Designer

Daniele Naldi, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera

Jade Phoenix, Rosetta

Na'ama Goldman, Cesira

Erin Fflur, Maria, Mezzo-soprano

Leonardo Caimi, Michele

Allen Boxer, John Buckley

Devid Cecconi, Giovanni

Alexander Kiechle, Fedor von Bock

Carolyn Dobbin, Mezzo-soprano

Conor Prendiville, Tenor

Julian Henao Gonzalez, Tenor

Grace Maria Wain, Mezzo-soprano

Meilir Jones, Bass-baritone

Christian Loizou, Baritone

William Searle, Tenor

Peter McCamley, Actor

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**111

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Eleanor Knight, 18th October

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Andrew Larkin, 20th October

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Andrew Larkin, 19th October

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Andrew Larkin, 18th October

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Impassioned rendition of Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera