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All that glitters: Tchaikowsky's The Merchant of Venice staged by Welsh National Opera

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“an ingenious staging which would work just as well for the spoken play”
Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 16 September 2016
Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice
Lionel Friend, Conductor
Keith Warner, Director
Ashley Martin-Davis, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lester Lynch, Shylock
Martin Wölfel, Antonio
Lauren Michelle, Jessica
Verena Gunz, Nerissa
Sarah Castle, Portia
Mark Le Brocq, Bassanio
Bruce Sledge, Lorenzo
David Stout, Gratiano
Gary Griffiths, Solanio
Miklós Sebestyén, The Duke of Venice
Simon Thorpe, Solanio
Juliusz Kubiak, Prince of Aragon
Wade Lewin, Prince of Morocco
Welsh National Opera Chorus
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