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Bloody and marvellous: Wexford Festival Opera opens with a double bill by Leoni and Giordano

By Andrew Larkin, 21 October 2018
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“Leoni’s opera might wallow in its own gore but he knew how to write wonderful vocal melodies”
Reviewed at National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford on 19 October 2018
Programme
Giordano, Mala vita
Leoni, L'oracolo
Performers
Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo, Conductor
Rodula Gaitanou, Director
Cordelia Chisholm, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Francesca Tiburzi, Cristina
Dorothea Spilger, Amalia
Anna Jeffers, Nunzia
Sergio Escobar, Vito, San-Lui
Leon Kim, Annetiello, Uin-Sci
Benjamin Cho, Marco, Hu-Tsin
Elisabetta Farris, Ah-Joe
Louise Innes, Haua-Qui
Joo Won Kang, Cim-Fen
Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera
Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera
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Andrew Larkin
Andrew Larkin
Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.