RUDDIGORE
A co-production with opera holland park
9th-12th August 2023

This production has now closed

​★★★★ "This is as polished a Gilbert and Sullivan show as you could hope to see." The Times
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A witch’s curse, a thwarted courtship, an assumed identity and the irksome business of committing daily acts of wickedness. Opera Holland Park and Charles Court Opera reunite for a scintillatingly silly co-production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, Ruddigore, lampooning etiquette books and the Victorian obsession with the supernatural. John Savournin directs and sings the role of Sir Despard Murgatroyd, leading a splendid cast of G&S stalwarts and fresh talent.

★★★★ “A splendid production of an oft-neglected masterpiece that spreads the joy” Broadway World

★★★★★ "Such a super supernatural night" Mail on Sunday 

Cast

Matthew Kellett (Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd)
John Savournin (Sir Despard Murgatroyd)
Stephen Gadd (Sir Roderic Murgatroyd)
David Webb (Richard Dauntless)
Richard Suart (Old Adam Goodheart)
Llio Evans (Rose Maybud)
Heather Lowe (Mad Margaret)
Heather Shipp (Dame Hannah)
Natasha Agarwal (Zorah)
Caroline Carragher (Ruth)

creative team

David Eaton (Conductor)
John Savournin (Director)
Madeleine Boyd (Designer)
Mark Jonathan (Lighting designer)
​Richard Harker (Chorus Master)