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Convenient Lies: Three Decembers and The Medium make a chilling double bill at RCS

Rosie Lavery (Beatrice), Paweł Piotrowski (Charlie) in Three Decembers
© Robbie McFadzean | RCS
Three Decembers: Rosie Lavery, Flora Birkbeck, Pawel Piotrowski, William Cole (conductor)
© Robbie McFadzean | RCS
Flora Birkbeck (Madame Flora) in The Medium
© Robbie McFadzean | RCS
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“There are few truly shock-horror operas, but Menotti’s 1946 work The Medium can pack a punch”
Reviewed at Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Glasgow on 28 October 2023
Heggie, Three Decembers
Menotti, The Medium
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
William Cole, Conductor
Matthew Eberhardt, Director
Rosie Lavery, Bea, Mrs Gobineau
Flora Birkbeck, Madeline, Madame Flora (Baba)
Paweł Piotrowski, Charlie, Mr Gobineau
Nikki Martin, Monica
Charlotte Bateman, Mrs Nolan
Daniel Gray Bell, Toby
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