Dove's Mansfield Park positively fizzes in Marylebone

By Nick Boston, 10 July 2023

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“a consistently entertaining and cleverly constructed chamber opera”

Reviewed at St Marylebone Parish Church, London on 8 July 2023

Dove, Mansfield Park

Waterperry Opera Festival

Rebecca Meltzer, Director

Flora Macdonald, Fanny Price

Philip Wilcox, Sir Thomas Bertram

Emily Gray, Lady Bertram

Milo Harries, Edmund Bertram

Charlotte Hoather, Maria Bertram

Sarah Anne Champion, Julia Bertram

Eleanor Garside, Aunt Norris

Robin Bailey, Henry Crawford

Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Mary Crawford

Lawrence Thackeray, Mr Rushworth

Ashley Beauchamp, Piano

George Ireland, Piano

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Dove's Mansfield Park positively fizzes with Waterperry Opera in Marylebone