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The Enchanted Island a rich and strange Baroque confection from British Youth Opera

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“Prospero, sung commandingly by the countertenor Tom Scott-Cowell, even throughout his range”
Reviewed at Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London on 5 September 2018
Various, The Enchanted Island
British Youth Opera
Nicholas Kraemer, Conductor
Stuart Barker, Director
Nicky Shaw, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Thomas Scott-Cowell, Prospero
Frances Gregory, Sycorax
Iúnó Connolly, Ariel
Timothy Edlin, Caliban
Milly Forrest, Miranda
Alexander Bevan, Neptune
Timothy Morgan, Ferdinand
Caroline Taylor, Helena
Natalie Davies, Hermia
Richard Bignall, Demetrius
James Atkinson, Lysander
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