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Blissful Mansfield Park in Auckland

Ashlyn Tymms (Fanny Price)
© Lewis Ferris
Sarah Mileham (Maria) and Michaela Cadwgan (Julia)
© Lewis Ferris
Mansfield Park esemble
© Lewis Ferris
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“a great opportunity for ten singers, mostly young, to show off their vocal and dramatic chops”
Reviewed at Settlers Country Manor, Auckland on 21 April 2024
Dove, Mansfield Park
New Zealand Opera
Brad Cohen, Conductor
Rebecca Meltzer, Director
Ashlyn Tymms, Fanny Price
Taylor Wallbank, Henry Crawford
Joanna Foote, Mary Crawford
Andrea Creighton, Aunt Norris
Michaela Cadwgan, Julia Bertram
Sarah Mileham, Maria Bertram
Robert Tucker, Sir Thomas Bertram
Kristin Darragh, Lady Bertram
Joel Amosa, Edmund Bertram
Andrew Grenon, Mr Rushworth
David Kelly, Piano
Soomin Kim, Piano
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