![]() The result was basically a semi-staged performance which at least ensured – as they tend to – a more auditory performance, with the obvious limitation of fewer props and the absence of scene changes. Thank heavens for ‘comrades’ and learning from each other. Thursday’s full dress rehearsal had been successfully negotiated with the previously announced cast the performances from Tuesday 12 July onwards could welcome the published cast back in full. Thanks to conductor Jeremy Silver adopting a very relaxed approach to tempo to assist the newcomers, and with those in the pit paying even greater attention to both their conductor and to strings leader Katharine Gittings, the performance was musically strong. Fortunately, the remaining comrades including the four covers and the two very capable guests, who both happened to be available at very short notice, performed very credibly, with everyone enjoying the warmth of the applause at the closing curtain. ![]() How would four covers and two guests cope? This is what covers are for, isn’t it? Would the show go ahead? Working together as equals would be the order of the day. ![]() Six principals out, suffering from the irritating extension of the Covid infection. Opportunities to promote peer-learning will have been uppermost in the mind of director Mathilde López as the morning of opening night of this Longborough Festival Opera production of Carmen dawned. ‘Comrades in adversity’ is the coming together to solve problems and support one another – the joy of peer-learning. Youth Chorus Team – Nicola Rose, Maria Jagusz, Jessica Mayĭon José’s Mother/Old Lady – Maria Jagusz (CP) Longborough Festival Opera’s Carmen (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis ![]() United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Longborough Youth Chorus, Longborough Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor). ![]()
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