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Delighting the mind's eye: Saffron Opera Group's Das Rheingold

By Charlotte Valori, 20 January 2016
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Reviewed at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden on 17 January 2016
Programme
Wagner, Das Rheingold (Concert Performance)
Performers
Saffron Opera Group
Michael Thorne, Conductor
Inga-Britt Andersson, Freia
Victoria Simmonds, Wellgunde
Gail Pearson, Woglinde
Deborah Humble, Erda
Niamh Kelly, Flosshilde
Sarah Pring, Fricka
Adam Tunnicliffe, Froh
Stephen Rooke, Loge
Richard Roberts, Mime
Nicholas Folwell, Alberich
Toby Girling, Donner
Jeremy White, Wotan
Robert-John Edwards, Fafner
Julian Close, Fasolt
Saffron Opera Group Orchestra
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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.