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‘THE DIVAS’ Puccini’s Suor Angelica & other scenes
‘THE DIVAS’ Puccini’s Suor Angelica & other scenes
An innovative studio production of
Puccini’s lyric tragedy Suor Angelica combined
with
other operatic excerpts will be presented onstage
15-18 April at the easily accessible
Factory Theatre in
the heart of Newmarket.
Featuring 14 fabulous emerging
‘Divas’ in a workshop presentation of Puccini’s
beautiful
one act opera ‘Suor Angelica’ plus scenes
from Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Eugene
Onegin, The
Magic Flute, The Beggars Opera, Orfeo & Eurydice, Cosi Fan
Tutte and
more..
Suor Angelica features Christina Orjis
in the title role with Meghan Carppe as Abbess,
Harriet
Crampton as the formidable Princess, Amanda Kirk as Sister
Genevieve and
other singers in titled roles.
The Divas
in scenes from other operas feature Charlotte Pridham as
Carmen with Kelly
Harris as Zerlina, Brittany Logan
(Polly), Tania Cheeseman (Fiordiligi), Stephanie
Dow
(Dorabella), Alice Merrall (Cherubino), Ruth McKenna
(Polly), Michelle Thorne (Queen
of the Night), Bronte
Pierson (3 Lady) and Claire Johnston as the loveable
Lucy.
Opera Factory’s resident Music Director, the
infatiguable Rosemary Barnes leads and
accompanies the
singers and the production is directed by Adam Thompson and
Sally
Sloman.
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