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Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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“The Britten Sinfonia... teased out every icy sul ponticello and slithering glissando”
Reviewed at Nevill Holt Estate: Theatre, Market Harborough on 12 June 2019
Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nevill Holt Opera
Nicholas Chalmers, Conductor
Anna Morrissey, Director
Simon Kenny, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Timothy Morgan, Oberon
Daisy Brown, Tytania
Jasper William Cartwright, Puck
Padraic Rowan, Theseus
Anna Harvey, Hippolyta
Peter Kirk, Lysander
Edmund Danon, Demetrius
Martha Jones, Hermia
Meinir Wyn Roberts, Helena
Lawson Anderson, Bottom
Tristan Hambleton, Quince
Timothy Edlin, Snug
Richard Pinkstone, Flute
Oliver Brignall, Snout
Brian McAlea, Starveling
DM Wood, Lighting Designer
Rachel Wise, Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer
Malcolm Arnold Academy
The Arbours Primary Academy
Cedar Road Primary School
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