JEFF CLARKE

IL MONDO DELLA LUNA

Haydn

Opera della Luna (The English Players) 1993
Iford Festival 2006
Opera East 2009

Original cast:

Buonafede DAVID O’BRIEN
Ecclitico IAN STOREY
Cecco STEPHEN NEWMAN
Ernesto JEFFREY CARL
Flaminia FIONA O’NEILL
Clarice NAOMI HARVEY
Lisetta LOWRI ANN RICHARDS

Conductor JOHN GIBBONS
Set Designer ADRIAN MUDD
Costume Designer NIGEL HOWARD


Iford production:

Buonafede PHILIP COX
Ecclitico NICHOLAS SMITH
Cecco HENRY MOSS
Ernesto CATHERINE KING
Flaminia HELEN MASSEY
Clarice ANTHEA JANE KEMPSTON
Lisetta CAROLYN DOBBIN

Conductor BENJAMIN BAYL
Set Designer ELROY ASHMORE
Costume Designer GABRIELLA CSANYI-WILLS


"If you were thinking of spicing up a little known Baroque opera with a bit of sex, cross dressing and the odd reference to EastEnders, Haydn wouldn’t be the first composer to spring to mind would he ? Well, actually, yes he would, if you were opera director Jeff Clarke."