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Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas' Mignon from New Sussex Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 25 November 2015
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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 24 November 2015
Programme
Thomas, Mignon
Performers
New Sussex Opera
Nicholas Jenkins, Conductor
Harry Fehr, Director
Eleanor Wdowski, Set Designer
Victoria Simmonds, Mignon
Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson, Philine
Ted Schmitz, Wilhelm Meister
Christopher Diffey, Laerte
Danilo Antonelli, Frédéric
Adrian Powter, Lothario
Jason Crook, Jarno
St Paul's Sinfonia
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Charlotte Valori
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.