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Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 25 June 2018
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“Jonathan Lemalu plumbed the bass depths well as the irascible grump, Osmin”
Reviewed at The Grange, Alresford on 24 June 2018
Programme
Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem) (Sung in English)
Performers
The Grange Festival
Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor
John Copley, Director
Tim Reed, Set Designer
Kiandra Howarth, Konstanze
Daisy Brown, Blonde
Ed Lyon, Belmonte
Paul Curievici, Pedrillo
Jonathan Lemalu, Osmin
Alexander Andreou, Bassa Selim
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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Alexander AndreouBournemouth Symphony OrchestraDaisy BrownDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)Ed LyonJean-Luc TingaudJohn CopleyJonathan LemaluKiandra HowarthPaul CurieviciThe Grange FestivalTim ReedWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.