Giornata Opera: Suor Angelica

By Charlotte Valori, 16 October 2013

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Reviewed at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London on 14 October 2013

Puccini, Suor Angelica

Giornata Opera

Anne-Marie Sheridan, Suor Angelica

Rhonda Browne, La zia principessa

Lucinda Stuart-Grant, Una conversa 2

Úna McMahon, La maestra delle novizie

Danae Eleni, Suor Genovieffa

Caroline Kennedy, Suor Genovieffa

Lindsay Bramley, La badessa

Jodie Kearns, Suor Osmina

Anna-Louise Costello, Suor Dolcina

Nuria Luterbacher, La suora infermiera

Emily Phillips, Prima cercatrice

Sophie Yelland, Una cercatrice 2

Sophie Conlon, Una novizia

Vanessa Bowers, Una conversa 1

Bridget Nolan, Una conversa 2

Lisa Carlisle, Una conversa 2

Kirby Anne Hall, Una conversa 2

Leah Podzimek, Una conversa 2

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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.

Desperate devotions: Puccini's Suor Angelica by Giornata Opera at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden