Hansel and Gretel: take a look
Our 2021 summer season at Opera Holland Park is over, but what an incredible week it was. And army of young professionals were able to cut their teeth on two full-size productions, and we’re confident that taking part will lead to agents, life-long professional connections and loads of paid professional contracts.
In case you missed it, check out our production of Hansel and Gretel at Opera Holland Park below.
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what are people saying?
@BYOpera @Greatevans @HigginsStevie what an amazing afternoon at Hansel and Gretel . Inspiring, touching , innovative , laugh out loud funny and a fabulous team effort . Just brilliant !
— Susan Bullock 💙 (@susanbu1) August 15, 2021
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British Youth Opera, that invaluable training company for tomorrow’s stars, have teamed up with Daisy Evans’s cutting-edge Silent Opera for a hi-tech revamp of Hansel and Gretel, writes @richmomusic in @timesarts @BYOpera https://t.co/BByUFkSDO7
— Times Arts (@TimesArts) August 14, 2021
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"Enormous theatrical dazzle and great brilliance" @RobertHugill's incisive thoughts on @TheatreSound founders @Greatevans and @HigginsStevie's current production of Hansel and Gretel at @operahollandpk @BYOpera #theatreofsound https://t.co/y3Vl9lDebd
— theatre of sound (@TheatreSound) August 12, 2021
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Full list of participants
Red cast:
Mother
Hilary Cronin
Gemma
Ellie Neate
Hannah
Amy Holyland
Witch
Fiona Finsbury
Father
Jack Lee
Dew Fairy
Rosalind Dobson
Sandman
Eva Gheorghiu
Chorus
Kristina Alice Ammattil
Charlotte Kennedy
Chloe Underwood
Honor Whitely
Blue cast:
Mother
Lorna McLean
Gemma
Charlotte Bowden
Hannah
Amie Foon
Witch
Lauren Young
Father
Jolyon Loy
Dew Fairy
Alexandra Beason
Sandman
Holly Teague
Chorus
Kristina Alice Ammattil
Charlotte Kennedy
Chloe Underwood
Honor Whitely
Production:
Trainee Production Assistant
Misha Mah
Trainee Assistant Director
Ben Anderson
Trainee Assistant Musical Director
Olivia Shotton
Trainee Assistant Designer
Morven McLeod
Trainee Stage Manager
Alex Holmes
Trainee Deputy Stage Manager
Kate Stockwell
Trainee Assistant Stage Mananger
Amy Blower
Trainee Costume Assistants
Lauren Jones
Imogen Richardson
Trainee Repetiteur
Joseph Beesley
Trainee Electrician
Georgie Bottone
Onstage Band (including players from Southbank Sinfonia)
Joseph Beesley keyboard
Olivia Shotton violin
Erlend Vestby cello (from Southbank Sinfonia)
Catherine Hare flute (from Southbank Sinfonia)
Bradley Jones trumpet (from Southbank Sinfonia)