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

Il viaggio a Reims

By Dominic Lowe, 06 March 2023

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“dramatically and comically inert”

Reviewed at Hackney Empire, London on 4 March 2023

Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims

English Touring Opera

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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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.