Marschner’s Der Vampyr given a camp reboot by Gothic Opera

Giuseppe Pellingra (Lord Ruthven) and Amber Reevs (Emmy)

Milena Knauß (Malwina) and Jack Roberts (Aubry)

Conall O'Neill (Sir Humphrey Davenaut), Milena Knauß (Malwina) and Gráinne Gillis (Vampire Master)

Milena Knauß (Malwina)

By Mark Pullinger, 15 August 2024

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“an evening dripping with bloody good fun”

Reviewed at Arcola Theatre Studio 1, London on 14 August 2024

Marschner, Der Vampyr

Gothic Opera

Kelly Lovelady, Conductor

Julia Mintzer, Director

Charles Ogilvie, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Will Alder, Lighting Designer

Giuseppe Pellingra, Lord Ruthven

Milena Knauß, Malwina

Jack Roberts, Sir Edgar Aubry

Amber Reeves, Emmy Perth

Conall O'Neill, Sir Humphrey Davenaut

Madeleine Todd, Janthe

Matthew Scott Clark, George Dibdin

Gráinne Gillis, The Vampire Master

Iain McDonald, Sousaphone

Niki Moosavi, Cello

Adam Storey, Double Bass

Jasmin Allpress, Piano

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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.

Once bitten: Marschner’s Der Vampyr given a camp reboot by Gothic Opera