Organization

Iford Arts

Conductor

Oliver Gooch

Stage director

John Wilkie

Singer

Soprano

Sky Ingram

Principessa Fedora Romazoff

Tenor

Charne Rochford

Conte Loris Ipanov

Lorena Paz Nieto

Contessa Olga Sukarev

Baritone

Alexey Gusev

De Siriex

Andrés Presno

Desiré

Contralto

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones

Dimitri

Dan D'Souza

Boroff

Bass

Aidan Smith

Grech

Cirillo

Dominick Felix

Il barone Rouvel

Silent

Sergio

Emyr Wyn Jones

Lorek

Henry Grant Kerswell

Nicola

Set designer

Alisa Kalyanova

Katy Thomson

Joseph Buckmaster

Lara Marie Müller

Chorus

Annie George

Elizabeth Andrews Roberts

If Opera

Orchestra

Bristol Ensemble

If Opera Ensemble

Italian

Fedora

Bradford on Avon

United Kingdom

Belcombe Court

Fedora Giordano

Public

English

Approved

Fedora (title role)

In the late, great Italian operatic repertoire, alongside the ‘super-operas’, you will find a number of pearls that have grown in the consciousness of audiences around the world. These are operas that carry all the ingredients for spectacular and powerful evenings at the theatre; strong characters, stories of intrigue, love and tragedy and of course, lyrical, gorgeous music.  Fedora by Umberto Giordano is one such opera and whilst the composer is probably better known for Andrea Chenier, Fedora isn’t far off. In the opera’s premiere, the role of Loris Ipanov was created by Enrico Caruso and ever since a procession of the most exalted singers in history have assumed the opera’s principal roles in all the great houses of the world and on recordings. 

 Fedora is an opera that encompasses love, murder, betrayal and tragedy, moving from Russia, to Paris and Switzerland. It is a world of royalty, aristocracy and privilege but none of this can protect its central characters from the vicissitudes of love and jealousy. When Princess Fedora seeks revenge on the man she believes murdered her betrothed, she sets in motion a train of tragic events that will ultimately cost her everything.

 Fedora is an opera of sweeping melodies, febrile emotion and glorious orchestral colours.  It includes one of the most intensely passionate tenor arias in the canon (Amor ti vieta), a mesmerising intermezzo and possibly one of the cleverest dramatic scenes in the repertoire.

 Fedora has enjoyed recent, sell out productions at both The Met in New York and La Scala in Milan so its time has come once more. The If Opera ensemble are proud to bring this magnificent opera to audiences, offering a rare (it hasn’t been seen in the UK since 2006) but precious opportunity to see and hear it again.

If Opera’s new production of Fedora will be directed by John Wilkie and conducted by If Opera Artistic Director Oliver Gooch.  

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Children welcome aged 7 and above.

5:00pm        Gardens open for Picnics
7:00pm        Performance starts
9:30pm        Approx. end

COMPANY CAST LIST 

FEDORA Sky Ingram

LORIS Charne Rochford

OLGA Lorena Paz Nieto

DE SIRIEX Alexey Gusev

DESIRE Andrés Presno

DIMITRI Rebecca Afonwy-Jones

GRETCH Aidan Smith

LOREK Emyr Wyn Jones

CIRILLO/BOROFF Dan D’Souza

SERGIO/ROUVEL Dominick Felix

NICOLA/CHORUS Henry Grant Kerswell

CHORUS Lara Marie Müller

CHORUS Annie George

CHORUS Elizabeth Roberts

MUSIC COVER FEDORA Katy Thompson

MUSIC COVER LORIS Joseph Buckmaster

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