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Patriot games: Simon Boccanegra at Fulham Opera

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Reviewed at St John's Fulham, London on 11 March 2016
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (1881 Version)
Ben Woodward, Conductor
Fiona Williams, Director
Maryna Gradnova, Costume Designer
Emily Blanch, Amelia Grimaldi
Alberto Sousa, Gabriele Adorno
James Harrison, Paolo Albiani
Oliver Gibbs, Simon Boccanegra
Simon Hannigan, Jacopo Fiesco
Hannah Macaulay, Amelia's maid
Simon Grange, Pietro
Tempest-tossed on the storm of life
****1
Ben Woodward, in his superb musical act of reduction with Fulham Opera at St John's Church, Fulham, has brought us a Ring of eyewatering clarity, raw beauty and visceral power. Cancel everything, and go.
*****
Fulham Opera: Das Rheingold
*****
The Fulham Ring concludes with Götterdämmerung
***11
Wagner done proud in Fulham: Siegfried from Fulham Opera
****1
Die Walküre at Fulham Opera
***11
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