Janet Suzman directs Marriage of Figaro in Hackney

The Royal Academy of Music's opera production is moving to the Hackney Empire on 30 October as Royal Academy Opera present Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (30 October to 2 November 2016). The production also represents the opera directing debut of Janet Suzman, and will be conducted by Jane Glover with choreography by Victoria Newlyn and designed by Fotini Dimou. Full information from the Hackney Empire website.


The shows are double cast as follows:
Fri 30 Oct and Sun 1 Nov: Charlotte Schoeters - Susanna, Bozidar Smiljanic - Figaro, Timothy Murphy - Bartolo, Claire Barnett-Jones - Marcellina, Katherine Aitken - Cherubino, Henry Neill - Count Almaviva, John Porter - Basilio, Emily Garland - Countess Almaviva, Alex Otterburn - Antonio, Lorena Paz Nieto - Barbarina, Mikhail Shepelenko - Don Curzio

Sat 31 Oct and Mon 2 Nov: Nika Goric - Susanna, Richard Walshe - Figaro, Robert Garland - Bartolo, Helen Brackenbury - Marcellina, Laura Zigmantaite - Cherubino, Haobin Wang Count - Almaviva, William Blake - Basilio, Eve Daniell - Countess Almaviva, Dominic Bowe - Antonio, Alys Roberts - Barbarina, Josh Baxter - Don Curzio