to the jealous suspicions of Canio (Dennis O'Neill) - a very real, vital portrayal and a singer who never indulges in the sobs and pathos, or long-drawn out, sliding phrases of Toscanini's favourite, Aureliano Pertile - we are immediately caught up with the ongoing tensions and turmoil. Rosa Mannion's Nedda is devious and suggestive, brutally callous at the same time. There is a wonderful sense of perspective, too, when the behind-the-scenes chorus suddenly burst through to the foreground...'

Opera

'Opie sings a vital Prologue, then a magnificently malign Tonio. Dazeley, handsome of voice, is ideally suave as Silvio.'

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'This spanking new English version under the direction of the superb David Parry has a cast of singers who are totally inspired in their roles from beginning to end, from Tonio's (Alan Opie's), half-apologetic 'Hello.. Hello..' at the beginning of the Prologue, through

CHAN 3003

5 January 2009

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The Touring Company
Opera in a prologue and two acts
English translation by Edmund Tracey

The Cast

Alan Opie, baritone - Tonio
Dennis O'Neill, tenor - Canio
Peter Bronder, tenor - Beppe
Rosa Mannion, soprano - Nedda
William Dazeley, baritone - Silvio
Paul Parfitt, bass-baritone - local
Peter Hall, tenor - local 
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Peter Kay Children`s Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry - conductor
Brad Cohen - assistant conductor

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London
7-10 August 1997
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineer - Ben Connellan
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker

Pagliacci

© Peter Moores Foundation 2004