Opera Scenes, March 2024

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court Concert Hall

I was delighted to be invited back to Guildhall a fourth time to direct opera scenes for the Guildhall masters students. This time we were in Milton Court Concert Hall, so there was no set, but we got to work on wonderful selections from Die Tote Stadt (Korngold), A Hand of Bridge (Barber - complete), Eugene Onegin, L’Amour de loin (Saariaho), Trouble in Tahiti, Don Giovanni, Falstaff, The Rape of Lucretia, Il Matrimonio Segreto, La Finta Giardiniera. (See previous: 2022 Opera scenes, 2023 Opera scenes, 2024 Opera scenes). Director and lighting: Guido Martin-Brandis; Production Photographer: Alice Underwood

Music director: Alexander Ingram

Zoe Jackson - Tatiana, Donna Anna; Dani Croston - Marietta, Bernstein Trio; Michelle Cheung - Juliette, Serpetta, Saariaho Chorus; Sebastian Hill - Male Chorus, Conte Belfiore, Don Ottavio; Harriet Cameron - Nannetta, Zerlina, Korngold Chorus; Caroline Bourg - Clémence, Korngold Chorus; Abbie Ward - Lucretia, Le Pelerin; Maud Niklas - Lucia, Carolina, Korngold Chorus; Max Catalano - David, Fritz/Pierrot, Nardo; Hella Termeulen - Mistress Quickly, Olga, Fidalma; Jacob Dyksterhouse - Sam, Leporello; Roberta Philips - Female Chorus, Donna Elvira; Eleanor ODriscoll - Lucienne, Elisetta, Saariaho Chorus; Anais Manz - Sandrina, Geraldine, Korngold Chorus, Saariaho Chorus; Chloé Underwood - Alice Ford, Arminda; Ines Ries - Mistress Meg, Larina, Dinah; Sholto Biscoe-Taylor - Victorin, Bill, Il Podesta; Charles Secombe - Graf Albert, Bernstein Trio, Lensky; Twm Tegid-Brunton - Onegin, Masetto, Bernstein Trio; Hayley Meth - Sally, Filipyevna, Bianca, Saariaho Chorus; Eva Stone-Barney - Ramiro.