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A sardonic tirade: Royal Academy tackles The Threepenny Opera

By David Karlin, 16 June 2017
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Reviewed at Shoreditch Town Hall, London on 15 June 2017
Programme
Weill, The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)
Performers
Royal Academy Opera
Gareth Hancock, Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe, Director
Dorota Karolczak, Set Designer
Carrie-Ann Williams, Lucy
Nika Gorič, Polly Peachum
Ilona Revolskaya, Jenny
Hannah Poulsom, Celia Peachum
Mikhail Shepelenko, Macheath
Robert Glyndwr Garland, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Michael Mofidian, Tiger Brown
Royal Academy Sinfonia
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David Karlin
David Karlin
David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.