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| Sarah Anne Champion (Julia Bertram) (from 2022) © Robert Workman |
Alasdair Middleton (Libretto), after Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Rebecca Meltzer (Director)
Ashley Beauchamp (Musical Director)
George Ireland (Pianist)
Flora MacDonald (Fanny Price)
Phil Wilcox (Sir Thomas Bertram)
Emily Gray (Lady Bertram)
Milo Harries (Edmund Bertram)
Charlotte Hoather (Maria Bertram)
Sarah Anne Champion (Julia Bertram)
Eleanor Garside (Aunt Norris)
Robin Bailey (Henry Crawford)
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash (Mary Crawford)
Lawrence Thackeray (Mr Rushworth)
St Marylebone Parish Church, London
5pm, Saturday 8 July 2023
★★★★★
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| Mansfield Park (from 2022) © Robert Workman |
‘Everything gallops along at a great pace … Dove’s driving music adds to this sense of forward momentum, as do the chorally announced chapters’.
‘The choreography definitely deserves a mention – no moment is wasted, so whilst formally dancing in another scene, the cast also deliver multiple weaving lines of contrasting emotions, no mean feat. It is further testament to the strength of the cast … that they blend these lines perfectly, no one singer dominating’.
‘Dove conjures up a remarkable variety of moods, switching from silent movie comedy capers to subtle hints of classical pastiche, as well as minimalist rocking between major and minor at moments of high emotion’.
‘With a uniformly strong cast and glorious singing resounding in the church’s warm acoustic, this was a joyous outing for a consistently entertaining and cleverly constructed chamber opera’.
Read my full review on Bachtrack here.
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