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Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

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“Jeremy Sams'... flexible translation is full of delights”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 1 February 2020
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (Sung in English)
Antony Hermus, Conductor
Jo Davies, Director
Leslie Travers, Set Designer
Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer
Quirijn de Lang, Count Almaviva
Máire Flavin, Countess Almaviva
Phillip Rhodes, Figaro
Fflur Wyn, Susanna
Heather Lowe, Cherubino
Jonathan Best, Doctor Bartolo
Gaynor Keeble, Marcellina
Joseph Shovelton, Don Basilio
James Farncombe, Lighting Designer
Kay Shepherd, Choreography
Chorus of Opera North
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