“This production showed up strengths in the opera one never dared believe were there: Act 4 was transformed on stage into a climax of wild melodramatic power.” Opera
“David Angus draws playing of great passion from the orchestra.” The Guardian
Tchaikovsky
British première
May 1996 Brighton Festival The Dome, Brighton Snape Maltings
NSO Chorus, NSO Orchestra conductor David Angus director/designer John Lloyd Davies choreographer Terry John Bates
Nastasya (Kuma) Virginia Kerr Prince Nikita Andrew Slater Yevpraxia Philippa Dames-Longworth Prince Yuri Doyle Wilcox Mamirov Gerard O’Connor Paisi James Anderson Kichiga Henry Waddington Balakin Wills Morgan Polia Clarissa Meek Zhuran John Hancorn Nenila Anthea Myall Kudma Gerard O’Connor Young Nastasya Emma Hall