“Worth mentioning, too, that there was a subset that was again more than the sum of its parts: the Mechanicals,

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“A trampoline was introduced for the Rude Mechanicals’ rehearsal, which Snug (an hilarious Frazer Scott) stubbed his toe on” Praise

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“With strong support from Yvonne Howard as Ludmila, William Dazeley as Krušina, Isabelle Petes as Esmeralda, Frazer Scott as the Strongman, John

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“Just magical. I’d love to mention all the singers, but space doesn’t allow.Suffice it, then, to commend Zoe Drummond’s lovely

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There’s much excellent singing all round, however, particularly from Claire Lees, setting the scene as La Musica, Frazer Scott as a

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“Sometimes everything comes right in the theatre…. There are multiple virtuoso vocal moments in Monteverdi’s score too, not least from

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“Orfeo at Garsington Opera?Hell yes!Frazer Scott’s Charon was mesmerizing” Praise for Monteverdi’s Orfeo (Caronte) Garsington Operadir. John Caird, cond. Laurence Cummings Melanie

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