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Audience Comments

  • ...a superb operatic experience, beautifully sung, costumed and staged...
  • ...a missed opportunity for many who might have shared in this fantastic experience...

Audience Comments from Macbeth (April 2016)

.I came on the Saturday...was excellent... very powerful singing, and visually.... the fertility and child slaughtering themes really came across, and I liked the Gaelic language... postures also very powerful....the child actors did brilliantly keeping still too.
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You were marvellous.  I thoroughly enjoyed the opera, the entire cast was awesome.  A lot of bottom slapping, which was quite funny. 
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The company have gone from strength to strength with [the Director's] input; [he has] them finely tuned and focused, the chorus really shone, in fact I think it's the best I've ever seen/heard them so bravo indeed!! 
    Needless to say principals were brilliant and particularly Lady Macbeth who was glorious to listen to.
    We loved your artistic approach to the show and you always get your audience thinking Fraser - love that about your work. I can't understand why more people did not come and see it... They missed a fantastic show.
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...a superb operatic experience, beautifully sung, costumed and staged...
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...a missed opportunity for many who might have shared in this fantastic experience...

Audience Reviews from previous operas

"Thank you for a memorable evening.  The orchestra and production were outstanding, the staging and costumes were very well thought out, and so interesting to see elements of Kabuki on stage, wonderful principals..."

"First class performance by all the cast left us tingling with emotion." (Audience member - Madame Butterfly)

"one of the most engaging and satisfying performances of La Cenerentola that I have ever seen..." (Words and Music)

"a company that has espirt de corps and can deliver first class opera" (Hastings Observer - Don Giovanni)

"a resounding sucess... tumultuous applause, standing ovations" (Schwerte Zeitung - Macbeth)

"I've laughed so much I need to go home to change my pants."  (Audience member now preferring to remain anonymous - Orpheus in the Underworld)
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The FIRST Opera Figaro, 1980
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Nabucco, 2012
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