The night belongs to Susanna: The Marriage of Figaro, Regents Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 22 June 2015

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Reviewed at St Cyprian's Church, London on 19 June 2015

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Regents Opera

Ben Woodward, Conductor

Nicholas Heath, Director

Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Countess Almaviva

Claire Wild, Susanna

Flora McIntosh, Cherubino

James Harrison, Count Almaviva

Peter Brooke, Figaro

Gerard Delrez, Doctor Bartolo

Caroline Kennedy, Barbarina

Mae Heydorn, Marcellina

Joseph Doody, Don Basilio

John Milne, Antonio

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.