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Longborough delivers a quality Rigoletto 1920s-style

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“Andrea Tweedale, who played Gilda, sang with an energy that clarified as she ascended the range”
Reviewed at Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh on 4 July 2015
Verdi, Rigoletto
Longborough Festival Opera
Gad Kadosh, Conductor
Caroline Clegg, Director
Lara Booth, Set Designer
Martin Kronthaler, Rigoletto
Andrea Tweedale, Gilda
Robyn Lyn Evans, The Duke of Mantua
Timothy Dawkins, Sparafucile
Fiona MacDonald, Maddalena
Howard Quilla Croft, Monterone
Nicolas Legoux, Count Ceprano
Susannah Haberfeld, Countess Ceprano
Adriana Festeu, Giovanna
Brendan Collins, Marullo
Christopher Diffey, Borsa
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