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Pastel-perfect hell: To See The Invisible at the Aldeburgh Festival

By Charlotte Valori, 11 June 2018
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Reviewed at Britten Studio, Snape on 8 June 2018
Programme
Howard, To See The Invisible (World première)
Performers
Richard Baker, Conductor
Dan Ayling, Director
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Nicholas Morris, The Invisible
Anna Dennis, The Other Invisible
Anne Mason, Mother / The Judge
Peter Savidge, Father / Brothel Owner
Caryl Hughes, Sister
Daniel Norman, Guard I
Nathan Vale, Guard II
Sally Ferguson, Lighting Designer
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
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Charlotte Valori
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.