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ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

Il viaggio a Reims
© Richard Hubert Smith
Il viaggio a Reims
© Richard Hubert Smith
Il viaggio a Reims
© Richard Hubert Smith
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“dramatically and comically inert”
Reviewed at Hackney Empire, London on 4 March 2023
Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims
Jonathan Peter Kenny, Conductor
Valentina Ceschi, Director
Adam Wiltshire, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Old Street Band
Lucy Hall, Madame Cortese
Luci Briginshaw, Contessa di Folleville
Susanna Hurrell, Corinna
Esme Bronwen-Smith, Marchesa Melibea
Julian Henao Gonzalez, Conte di Libenskof
Richard Dowling, Chevalier Belfiore
Edward Hawkins, Lord Sidney
Grant Doyle, Barone di Trombonok
Jerome Knox, Don Prudenzio
Timothy Dawkins, Don Profondo
Llio Evans, Modestina
Matthew McKinney, Don Luigino
Hollie-Anne Bangham, Maddalena
Edward Jowle, Antonio
Brenton Spiteri, Zefirino
Peter Edge, Gelsomino
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Delia
Jean-Kristof Bouton, Don Alvaro
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