I still haven't decided whether I should or can (practically speaking) go.
Well, there's always Bremen & Gdansk! If you don't make it, remind your programme's in the middle drawer of my desk next time we're going to the same gig (I'll have forgotten by the time the 2008 Proms come round).
Who was in it? Anybody I might have heard of? (You'd be surprised
)
Here's a cast list (names in brackets weren't singing today). There's no indication of who's scheduled for which night(s) I'm afraid.
Emilia - Francesca Park (Martine Reyners; Vesselina Genchova-Vassileva)
Claudio - Marc Canturri (Cozmin Sime)
Federico - Philippe Talbot (Bruno Comparetti)
Don Romualdo - Vasco Fracanzani (Vicenzo Taormina)
Candida - Adriana Festeu (Christina Khosrowi)
Luigia - Joelle Fleury (Karine Lavorel)
Il Conte - Etienne Hersberger
Chorus:
Thomas Appleton, Jonathan Cooke, Andrew Dickinson, Julian Guidera, Andrew Kidd, Alastair McCall, Gareth Morris, David Butt Philip, Neil Sharpe
Conductor – Giovanni Pacor
Orchestra of Opera Europe
I can give you the orchestral players and the production team if they might mean anything to you.