Gothic Opera allows Offenbach’s Die Rheinnixen to shine in Battersea

Die Rheinnixen

Alice Usher (Armgard) and Sam Utley (Franz)

Owain Gwynfryn (Conrad)

By Nick Boston, 03 November 2025

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“the performance gripped from beginning to end”

Reviewed at Battersea Arts Centre, London on 2 November 2025

Offenbach, Die Rheinnixen (Les Fées du Rhin)

Gothic Opera

Hannah von Wiehler, Conductor

Max Hoehn, Director

Isabella Van Braeckel, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Luca Panetta, Lighting Designer

Alice Usher, Armgard

Mae Heydorn, Hedwig

Sam Utley, Franz

Owain Gwynfryn, Conrad

Harrison Gration, Gottfried

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

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