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★★★★★ Opera Now
★★★★ Bachtrack
★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
At Halloween 2024, Gothic Opera presented Maria de Rudenz by Donizetti, fully staged with a new arrangement for chamber orchestra, at historic venue Battersea Arts Centre, London. This production was the first time Maria de Rudenz has been staged in the UK.
Maria de Rudenz is inspired by an episode of Matthew Gregory Lewis's gothic novel The Monk, and tells a gory story of deceit, murder, betrayal, and resurrection from the dead. It premiered in 1838 in Venice.
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“The three principals I heard in this double-cast production brought dramatic fervour and vocal excellence of a standard that easily surpassed the trio who'd sung a day or two earlier at a major London house"
Mark Valencia, Opera, January 2025
★★★★★ “It’s a fantastic production which deserves to be more widely seen"
The Reviews Hub
★★★★ “The music is as delightful and lyrical as one would expect from Donizetti and, on the basis of this production, it is certainly worth seeing in all its over-the-top Gothic glory"
Bachtrack
★★★★ “Congratulations to Gothic Opera for a musically strong and involving performance"
Mark Aspen★★★★★ “In a way, the purest operatic experience I've had for a while"
Robert Thicknesse, Opera Now, Spring 2025 -
Maria de Rudenz: Daniella Sicari / Lorna McLean
Corrado di Waldorf: Theo Perry / Kieran Rayner
Enrico: James Beddoe / Davide Basso
Matilde di Wolf: Alice Usher / Béatrice de Larragoïti
Rambaldo: Harrison Gration / Gheorghe Palcu
Chancellor / chorus: Jamie Formoy
Chorus: Valerie Wong, Katey Rylands, Alexander White, Samuel Snowden, Joe Ashmore
Clarinet: Guillermo Ramasasa
Violin 1: Daniel Jung
Violin 2: Lorenzo Narici
Viola: Noemi Foschi
Cello: Erlend Vestby
Organ: Joshua Simões -
Director: Lysanne van Overbeek
Conductor: Anna Castro Grinstein
Arranger: Leon Haxby
Set & Costume Designer: Nate Gibson
Lighting Designer: Luca Panetta
Costume Supervisor: Evelien van Camp
Répétiteur: Adrian Salinero Negro
Assistant Director: Dorota Nowak
Producer: Helene Mathiesen
Production Manager: Josh Collins
Stage Manager: Daisey Friend
Deputy Stage Manager: Vendy Pospisilova
Wardrobe Assistant: Helen Gardner
Surtitles Operator: Adam Gammie
Graphic Designer: Max Dabbs
Production Photography: Craig Fuller
Trailer: Erica Belton
At Halloween 2024, Gothic Opera presented Maria de Rudenz by Donizetti, fully staged with a new arrangement for chamber orchestra, at historic venue Battersea Arts Centre, London. This production was the first time Maria de Rudenz has been staged in the UK.
Maria de Rudenz is inspired by an episode of Matthew Gregory Lewis's gothic novel The Monk, and tells a gory story of deceit, murder, betrayal, and resurrection from the dead. It premiered in 1838 in Venice.
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“The three principals I heard in this double-cast production brought dramatic fervour and vocal excellence of a standard that easily surpassed the trio who'd sung a day or two earlier at a major London house"
Mark Valencia, Opera, January 2025
★★★★★ “It’s a fantastic production which deserves to be more widely seen"
The Reviews Hub
★★★★ “The music is as delightful and lyrical as one would expect from Donizetti and, on the basis of this production, it is certainly worth seeing in all its over-the-top Gothic glory"
Bachtrack
★★★★ “Congratulations to Gothic Opera for a musically strong and involving performance"
Mark Aspen★★★★★ “In a way, the purest operatic experience I've had for a while"
Robert Thicknesse, Opera Now, Spring 2025 -
Maria de Rudenz: Daniella Sicari / Lorna McLean
Corrado di Waldorf: Theo Perry / Kieran Rayner
Enrico: James Beddoe / Davide Basso
Matilde di Wolf: Alice Usher / Béatrice de Larragoïti
Rambaldo: Harrison Gration / Gheorghe Palcu
Chancellor / chorus: Jamie Formoy
Chorus: Valerie Wong, Katey Rylands, Alexander White, Samuel Snowden, Joe Ashmore
Clarinet: Guillermo Ramasasa
Violin 1: Daniel Jung
Violin 2: Lorenzo Narici
Viola: Noemi Foschi
Cello: Erlend Vestby
Organ: Joshua Simões -
Director: Lysanne van Overbeek
Conductor: Anna Castro Grinstein
Arranger: Leon Haxby
Set & Costume Designer: Nate Gibson
Lighting Designer: Luca Panetta
Costume Supervisor: Evelien van Camp
Répétiteur: Adrian Salinero Negro
Assistant Director: Dorota Nowak
Producer: Helene Mathiesen
Production Manager: Josh Collins
Stage Manager: Daisey Friend
Deputy Stage Manager: Vendy Pospisilova
Wardrobe Assistant: Helen Gardner
Surtitles Operator: Adam Gammie
Graphic Designer: Max Dabbs
Production Photography: Craig Fuller
Trailer: Erica Belton
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