Opera AlegrÃa returns to the Arcola Theatre for 2023's Grimeborn Festival.
Tuesday 22nd - Saturday 26th August 7pm,
Relaxed Matinee Saturday 26th August, 3pm
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The portrait of Manon - Jules Massenet
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Des Grieux - Alistair Sutherland
Tiberge - Christopher Killerby
Jean de Montcef - Valerie Wong
Aurore - Naomi Kilby
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L'heure espagnole - Maurice Ravel
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Torquemada - Ian Massa-Harris
ConcepcÃon - Alicia Gurney
Gonzalve - David Woods
Ramiro - René Bloice-Sanders
Don Iñigo Gomez - Matthew Duncan
Directed by Benjamin Newhouse-Smith
Musical Director / Librettist - Lindsay Bramley
Producers - Naomi Kilby / Christopher Killerby
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THE MAGIC FLUTE
Cast :
Rene Bloice-Sanders
Caroline Carragher
Matthew Duncan
Fae Evelyn
Naomi Kilby
Christopher Killerby
Peter Martin
Ian Massa-Harris-McFeely
Anna Prowse
Frances Stafford
Alistair Sutherland
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Director - Benjamin Newhouse-Smith
Musical Director / Librettist - Lindsay Bramley
Designer - Christopher Killerby
Producers - Naomi Kilby, Christopher Killerby
Lighting Design - Paul Flook
Production Assistant - Clementine Beeson
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Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th August 2022, 7.30pm
Arcola Theatre, Dalston.
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COUNT ORY
Gioachino Rossini
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Count Ory - Robert Jenkins / Peter Martin
Countess Adele - Naomi Kilby
Nathaniel - Alicia Gurney / Anna Prowse
Fanshawe - Matthew Duncan / Rene Bloice-Sanders
Venetia - Caroline Carragher
Alice - Fae Evelyn / Frances Stafford
Hopkins- Alistair Sutherland
Smallbone - Ian Massa-Harris
Hancock - James Schouten / Matthew Duncan
Platt - Christopher Killerby
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Director - Ben Newhouse-Smith
Musical Director/Librettist - Lindsay Bramley
Stage Manager - Clementine Beeson
RITA & L'HEUREÂ ESPANOLE
Gaetano Donizetti/Maurice Ravel
Rita - Naomi Kilby
Beppe - Richard Belshaw
Graham - Christopher Faulkner
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Concepcion - Alicia Gurney
Torquemada - Ian Massa-Harris
Gonsalve - Stuart McDermott
Don Inigo - Matthew Duncan
Ramiro - Thorvald Blough
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Musical Director/Librettist - Lindsay Bramley
Director - Benjamin Newhouse-Smith
Assistant Director/Stage Manager - Daniel Julian
THE SILKEN LADDER & A HUSBAND AT THE DOOR
Giacamo Rossini/Jacques Offenbach
Julia Stanstead-Mountfitchet - Naomi Kilby
Hugo Dorville - Christopher Killerby
Gerald Frosbisher - Alistair Sutherland
Priscilla Bumpstead - Jodie Kearns
Sir Edwin Bumpstead - Ian Massa-Harris
Harry Blansack - Christopher Faulkner
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Florestan Du Croquet - Robert Jenkins
Suzanne - Alicia Gurney
Rosita - Jodie Kearns
Henry Martel - Alistair Sutherland
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Musical Director/Librettist - Lindsay Bramley
Director - Benjamin Newhouse-Smith
Production Assistant - Daniel Gonzalez
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MOZART DOUBLE BILL
Bastien &Â Bastienne / The Impresario
Bastien - Oliver Brignall/Edward Hughes
Bastienne - Emily Phillips/Rosie Lomas
Colas - Alistair Sutherland
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Simon Booker - Robert Ashford/Benjamin Newhouse-Smith
Mike Singer - Alistair Sutherland
Tony Slater - Christopher Killerby
Aurielle Gold - Naomi Kilby
Chardonnay Silver - Jodie Kearns
Director - Fiona Williams
Musical Director - Laurie O'Brien
Stage Manager - Dan Miller
Artistic Director - Naomi Kilby
Development Director - Jodie Kearns
Associate Producer - Christopher Killerby
THE MEDIUM
Giancarlo Menotti
Baba - Lindsay Bramley
Monica - Naomi Kilby
Toby - Robert Ashford
Mrs Gobineau - Jodie Kearns
Mr Gobineau - Alistair Sutherland
Mrs Nolan - Ruth Henning-Lincoln
Spirit - Adriana Maestranzi
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Musical Director - Elspeth Wilkes
Director - Frank Allison/ Alex Pearson