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Mlrandollna
Live from the Theatre Royal, Wexford,
Sean Rafferty presents a performance of Mirandolina by Bohuslav Martinu , a comic opera in three acts. Directed by Paul Curran.
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, Belarus National PO, conductor Riccardo Frizza Actl
8.40 Twenty Minutes: Martinu - No Normal Opera Composer
Jan Smacznytalks about Martinu's unique and innovative operatic output.
9.00 Act 2
9.35 Twenty Minutes: Portrait of Thomas Moore
PoetSeamus Heaney , writer
Victoria Glendinning and Roy Foster , Professor of Irish History at Oxford, reconsiderthe poetry of Thomas Moore , his reputation and his role in the struggle for an independent Ireland.
9.55 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Bohuslav Martinu
Directed By:
Paul Curran.
Conductor:
Riccardo Frizza
Unknown:
Jan SmacZnytalks
Unknown:
Thomas Moore
Unknown:
Poetseamus Heaney
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Roy Foster
Unknown:
Thomas Moore
Mirandolina:
Daniela Bruera (soprano)
Ortensia:
Tereza Matlova (soprano)
Dejanira:
Elena Traversi (mezzo)
Fabrizio:
Massimiliano Tonsini (tenor)
Albafiorita:
Simon Edwards (tenor)
Ripafratta:
Enrico Marabelli (bass-Baritone)
Forlimpopli:
Simone Alberghini (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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