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Ivory Gothic madness: a visceral Guglielmo Ratcliff in Wexford

By Mark Pullinger, 23 October 2015
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“Villari's... huge, unbuttoned tenor thrilling with its ringing top and vehement delivery”
Reviewed at National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford on 22 October 2015
Programme
Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff
Performers
Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo, Conductor
Fabio Ceresa, Director
Tiziano Santi, Set Designer
Giuseppe Palella, Costume Designer
Angelo Villari, Guglielmo Ratcliff
Mariangela Sicilia, Maria
David Stout, Count Douglas
Annunziata Vestri, Margherita
Gianluca Buratto, MacGregor
Alex Tsilogiannis, Lesley
Quentin Hayes, Tom
Sarah Richmond, Willie
Ciro Aroni, Dick
Raffaele D'Ascanio, Taddle
Rory Musgrave, Bell
Matthew Wright, John
Henry Grant Kerswell, Robin
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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.