Five minutes with...ASHLYN TYMMS
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|April 22, 2024
Standing ovation! The Aussie opera star’s singing the praises of hot chips and Kiwi ski slopes
Five minutes with...ASHLYN TYMMS

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Mansfield Park is a well known and loved story by Jane Austen. This opera, composed by Jonathan Dove in 2011, with libretto by Alasdair Middleton, is cast for 10 singers and two pianos. It’s an exciting opera to experience, not only to hear an ensemble of great singers and music, but to be taken on a journey into the inner lives and moral struggles of these characters in relationship to one another.

Were you a Jane Austen fan before you took on the role of Fanny?

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