Minimalise this: Rigoletto by Opera Loki

By Charlotte Valori, 08 September 2014

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Reviewed at Tea House Theatre, London on 4 September 2014

Verdi, Rigoletto

Opera Loki

Nick Fletcher, Conductor

Rae Leaver, Director

Luci Briginshaw, Gilda

Gemma Morsley, Maddalena

Daniel Joy, The Duke of Mantua

Oliver Gibbs, Rigoletto

Henry Grant Kerswell, Sparafucile

Rosalind O'Dowd, Page

Sheridan Edward, Borsa

Alistair Sutherland, Marullo

Simon Grange, Count Ceprano

Daniel Roddick, Court Usher

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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.