Lust, silk and strangulation: A Florentine Tragedy

By Charlotte Valori, 08 August 2017

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“Becca Marriott's Bianca exuded sultry appeal”

Reviewed at Bridewell Theatre, London on 7 August 2017

Zemlinsky, Eine florentinische Tragödie (A Florentine Tragedy) Op.16 (Sung in English and accompanied by piano)

Time Zone Theatre

Andrew G. Charity, Conductor

Pamela Schermann, Director

Yole Lambrecht, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Becca Marriott, Bianca

Lawrence Thackeray, Guido Bardi, Prince of Forence

Nicolas Dwyer, Simone

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Charlotte Valori, 3rd August

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****1

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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.

Lust, silk and strangulation: Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy