Stephen Gadd – baritone
Yannis Thavoris Stage Design
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Reduced forces, but heightened drama from the second instalment of Regents Opera's Wagner in the round
Regents Opera returned to the Freemasons' Hall for Caroline Staunton 's production of Wagner's Die Walküre (seen 27 May 2023) with Brian Smith Walters as Siegmund, Justine Viani as Sieglinde, Gerrit Paul Groen as Hunding, Keel Watson as Wotan, Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde, and Ingeborg Novrup Børch as Fricka. This was the second instalment of musical director Ben Woodward 's new arrangement of Wagner's tetralogy, with the orchestra reduced to just 22 players, including organ. Combined with the staging,
Handel: Saul ; Luca Tittoto, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Rupert Charlesworth, Nadja Mchantaf, Penny Sofoniadou, director Axel Ranisch, conductor David Bates; Komische Oper Berlin
Stephen Gadd – baritone
Yannis Thavoris Stage Design