Adonis/ Josh - SPEM- The Massage Duet
Venus/Karen - SPEM - The Rose Red Chain
STARLIGHT OPERA
is a small opera company sponsored by Robosoft Music..Our credo is that performances by fine singing actors in small intimate spaces are more exciting than performances in 2000 seat theatres.
Here are some photos from Starlight Opera productions - a workshop performance at Woldingham of 'SPEM' (or 'The School for Negentropy') and Cosi Fan Tutte with a new English translation by Joe St.Johanser
SPEM - Dramatis Personae
Karen/Venus - Hannah Kirk
Fran/Adonis - Susan Garrett
Lada/Venus - Suzanne Walker
Janet/Guru - Alice Bishop
Miles/The Boar - Terry Saunders
Josh/The Stallion - Nigel Evans-Thompson
Danny/The Hound - Paul Charrier Martin
William Shakespeare - Julian Agnew
Producers/DirectorsPaul Arden-Griffiths; Jackie Shearer; Melinda Cherett; Wynford Evans
Conductor
Francis Griffin
SPEM Collage - Venus, Adonis, Snake's Head Fritillary, Danny, Lada, Josh, Miles
'Cosi fan Tutte' with a new translation by Joe St.Johanser
Cosi Fan Tutte
Comic Opera in Two Acts: Text by Lorenzo da Ponte: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Music Director Francis Griffin: Set and Costume Design Jane Wyatt: Director Joe St.Johanser: Producer Jackie Shearer: Rehearsal Pianist Sheila Blow: Choreography Michael and Ruth Howard: Lighting Matt Valentine: Stage Manager Mike Sutton: Deputy Stage Manager Brian Legg: New English Translation Joe St.Johanser
**** CAST ****
Fiordiligi - soprano Hannah Kirk - Helen Whittington
Dorabella - mezzo-soprano Alexandra Dorman - Olivia Shrive
Guglielmo - baritone David Stuart - Paul Charrier
Ferrando - tenor William Molesworth - Magnus Vigilius
Despina - soprano Fiona MacPherson - Debbie Bridge
Don Alfonso - baritone David Ubaka - Nigel Evans-Thompson
Chorus : soldiers, servants, sailors, wedding guests, populace: Dreen Legg, Elizabeth Griffin and The Other Cast
"Made the audience laugh" - " A charming evening"