press release
Summer Tour 2008: The Marriage Of Figaro
Our summer tour opera this year will be Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in an exciting new production, to be directed by Jeff Clarke, with designs by Helen Stewart. Sung in English to Jeremy Sams’s translation, the sublime music of this much loved opera will be delivered by a talented team of young singers, including Australian soprano, Martene Grimson as Susanna, Australian baritone, Derek Welton as Figaro, Irish soprano, Norah King as the Countess and English baritone, Adam Green as the Count. Musical direction will be by former Young Artist Assistant Conductor at the Royal Opera and OEP's Artistic Director, Oliver Gooch, assisted by Tom Seligman.
Opera East Productions has been delighting audiences across East Anglia and beyond for the last seven years with its fresh and vibrant stagings. The company is especially noted for its music education work which is carefully constructed around operas in the current repertoire. Particularly memorable performances have included works by Britten including The Turn of the Screw and Albert Herring, Janàček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and most recently Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.
“ ... the clarity with which vocal and instrumental lines were defined was often revelatory.”
Rian Evans, Opera (on The Rake’s Progress, 2007)