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

By Charlotte Valori, 16 October 2013
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Reviewed at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London on 14 October 2013
Programme
Puccini, Suor Angelica
Performers
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
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.