Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	17th November 2018
To	17th November 2018
When	18:30
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

War and Peace

Work:: War and Peace (S1194689735)

Tolstoy's monumental classic is brought to the operatic stage by Prokofiev. The story of Natasha and her admirers Prince Andrei, Prince Anatol and Court Pierre is set against the prospect of war with Napoleon's encroaching forces.

Music	Prokofiev
Lyrics	Prokofiev
Lyrics	Mendelson (after Tolstoy)

Production:: (T724390897)

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Tomas Hanus
Director	David Pountney
Design	Robert Innes Hopkins
Costume	Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting	Malcolm Rippeth
Design	David Haneke (video projection designer)
Design	Denni Sayers (assistant)
Director	Christopher Moon-Little (staff director)
Performer	Jonathan McGovern (Andrei - Role supported by Anthoy and Elizabeth Bunker)
Performer	Lauren Michelle (Natasha - Role supported by Sheri and Janet Tullah)
Performer	Mark Le Brocq (Pierre - Role supported by John Ward and Susan Corby)
Performer	Leah-Marian Jones (Marie - Roles supported by Chris Greene and Dr Julia P Ellis)
Performer	Jurgita Adamonyte (Helene - Roles are supported by Malcom Herring)
Performer	Adrian Dwyer (Anatole)
Performer	James Platt (Count Rostov)
Performer	Jonathan May (Old Prince Bolkonsky)
Performer	Donald Thomson (Jacquot)
Performer	David Stout (Dolokhov 0 Roles supported by the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust)
Performer	Simon Bailey (Kutuzo - Roles supported by the Jenour Foundation)
Performer	Samaantha Price (Sonya)
Performer	Julian Boyce (Servant / Dr Metivier)
Performer	Carolyn Jackson (Housemaid / Vasilisa)
Performer	Sarah Pope (Matriosha / Trishka)
Performer	Laurence Cole (Valet / Gavrila / Matveyev)
Performer	George Newton-Fitzgerald (Joseph)
Performer	Joe Roche (Abbe / De Beausset / 1st Lunatic)
Performer	Gareth Dafydd Morris (Konivitsyn / Karatayev)
Performer	Paula Greenwood (Shopkeeper)
Performer	Colm Seery (Dancer)
Performer	Maria Comes (Dancer)
Performer	Rhodri Prys Jones (Fyodor)
Performer	Owen Webb (Orderly)

Listing:: L06868327

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