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Opera North presents stark contrasts with Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury

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“Karolina Sofulak knows her devotional paintings!”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 27 September 2017
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Tobias Ringborg, Conductor
Karolina Sofulak, Director
Charles Edwards, Set Designer
Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer
Giselle Allen, Santuzza
Katie Bray, Lola
Rosalind Plowright, Mamma Lucia
Jonathan Stoughton, Turiddu
Phillip Rhodes, Alfio
Chorus of Opera North
Orchestra of Opera North
Oliver Rundell, Choirmaster / chorus director
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