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Comedy and seriousness: Young Opera Venture's The Marriage of Figaro in Middlesborough

By Jane Shuttleworth, 18 March 2013
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Reviewed at Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough on 14 March 2013
Programme
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Performers
Young Opera Venture
Jane Anthony, Director
John Longstaff, Conductor
Miles Horner, Figaro
Wendy Carr, Susanna
Philip Wilcox, Count Almaviva
Sarah Ogden, Countess Almaviva
Imogen Garner, Marcellina
Matthew Kellett, Doctor Bartolo
Fiona Wilkie, Cherubino
Richard Hansen, Don Basilio
Young Opera Venture Chorus and Orchestra
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Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham