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Orchestra of Opera North

Baritone (+2)

Dominic Sedgwick

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd

Tenor

Xavier Hetherington

Richard Dauntless

Stage director (+6)

John Savournin

Sir Despard Murgatroyd

Bass-baritone (+5)

Henry Waddington

Old Adam Goodheart

Baritone (+3)

Steven Page

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd

Soprano (+2)

Amy Freston

Rose Maybud

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Helen Evora

Mad Margaret

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Claire Pascoe

Dame Hannah

Stage director

Jo Davies

Revival Stage Director

James Hurley

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Richard Hudson

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Gabrielle Dalton

Lighting designer

Anna Watson

Choreographer

Kay Shepherd

Robin Oakapple

Soprano

Gillene Butterfield

Zorah

Opera North

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Anthony Kraus

Leeds Grand Theatre

Jack Ridley

Theatre Royal

The Lowry

Bad baronet Sir Despard Murgatroyd has inherited a centuries-old witch’s curse forcing him to commit a crime a day or die in agony.

So it’s a huge relief when timid Robin Oakapple is revealed as his long-lost elder brother and the true inheritor of the curse. Robin’s romance with the faultlessly correct Rose Maybud looks doomed, but his troubles really start when his feeble crimes drag his exasperated ancestors back from the dead to haunt him…

A reluctant villain, a modest maiden, amiable ghosts and scary professional bridesmaids: Gilbert & Sullivan make merry with Victorian melodrama in this hilariously inventive confection. Jo Davies’ (Carousel, Kiss Me, Kate!) production was hailed as an instant classic when it opened and is full of the spirit of G&S’s celebrated topsy-turvy invention.

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