IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA
ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
​OPERA HOLLAND PARK

Photography by Ali Wright

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Nominated for 'Best Production'
​The International Opera Awards 2021​


​★ ★ ★ ★ ★

​“Expert stagecraft…”​

The Stage

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“The production is deft and elegant. In a world where smoking has become almost outlawed, it feels almost prophetic - knowing laughter rings out almost from the first couple of minutes and it continues unabated to the end.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The New Statesman
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“Expert stagecraft… Wilkie handles the piece with a combination of intelligence and sophistication.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage
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“Hilarious... John Wilkie’s clever direction is matched by John Andrews’s intelligent and often mischievous conducting.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Observer
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"Deeply rewarding... John Wilkie's production is very nicely done."

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Telegraph
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"Wilkie is impressively sure-footed... the performance never drops a stitch... this double-bill is one of OHP's greatest evenings."    

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Classical Source
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"a magnificent, laugh-out-loud, first-class piece of entertainment... Wilkie’s production is stylish... A stunning evening. As good as it gets.” 

​★ ★ ★ ★ ★ David Mellor, The Daily Mail
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“Wilkie’s staging has an art deco elegance and wit, and feels at times almost  like a Noël Coward play set to music.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian
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"pleasantly entertaining, especially in this sharp production…"

★ ★ ★ ★ The Evening Standard
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"Breathes its own perfume."

★ ★ ★ ★ The Times
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THE CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA CONDUCTED BY
JOHN ANDREWS

DESIGNER
TAKIS
LIGHTING DESIGNER
MARK JONATHAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
BEN NEWHOUSE-SMITH

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COUNTESS SUSANNA 
CLARE PRESLAND
COUNT GIL
RICHARD BURKHARD
SANTE
JOHN SAVOURNIN
​MAIDS
NAOMI KILBY
and KIRSTY MCLEAN