WHICH OPERA
ARE THEY FROM?
1) In which opera would you find
the characters Susanna, Cherubino,
Don Basilio, and Doctor Bartolo?
Manon Lescaut
The Marriage of Figaro
The Barber of Seville
Der Freischutz
JOSEPH DODD
RACHEL WOOD
Joseph has just completed his
Classics degree at UCL, and holds
an offer to continue there to do
a MA in the Reception of the
Classical World, where he hopes
to continue his research into the
use and manipulation of classical
sources by opera composers and
librettists.
When not confined to the
library, Joseph has been very
involved in the musical life of the
College, and worked as the
Producer for this year’s University
College Opera production of
Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden, both the world première
of this translation, and the British
première of the complete opera.
Previously, he has sung the part
of Acciano in Verdi’s I Lombardi,
and of IInd Coryphée in Rameau’s
Acante et Céphise, as well as singing in the chorus for Rousseau’s Le
Devin du Village (all with UCO).
In 2012/13, he worked as UCL
Union Music Society’s Treasurer.
Joseph’s concert repertoire
includes Dvořák’s Te Deum, J.S.
Bach’s Cantata 116 and Handel’s
Ode for the Birthday of Queen
Anne. In his native Suffolk, he
performs in recitals and charity
concerts, singing material from
Handel and Mozart to Quilter and
Dring.
Joseph is taught by Christopher
Foster.
Rachel Wood has just finished
studying on the Associated
Studios Opera course, and has
been training with her teacher
Jane Highfield GSMD for four
years. Recent engagements
(2013-14) include playing the
title role in La Calisto with
Hampstead Garden Opera
(directed by Joe Austin),
Patience in Patience
(directed by Stuart Barker) at
the Buxton Opera House in
the International Gilbert and
Sullivan Festival, Belinda/2nd
Woman for Opera Alumnus’
2014 February tour of Dido
and Aeneus, Titania/Spirit for
Barefoot Opera’s tour of The
Fairy Queen and Dido and
Aeneus (directed by Jenny
Miller) Asteria in Handel’s
Tamerlano (directed by Sally
Burgess), and Musetta in
Puccini’s La Boheme (directed
by Chris Cowell) for
Associated Studios Opera
(conducted by Jeremy Silver).
U/S DULCAMARA
U/S GIANNETTA
www.rachelwoodsoprano.com
2) Which famous tear-jerking opera
features the characters Rodolfo,
Musetta, Marcello and Mimi?
Lucia di Lammermoor
Falstaff
La Boheme
La Clemenza di Tito
3) Don Jose, Escamillo, Frasquita and
Micaela appear in which opera?
The Pearl Fishers
Carmen
Salome
Rigoletto
4) Which opera includes such
characters as Sid, Nancy, Florence
Pike and Miss Wordsworth?
Peter Grimes
Suor Angelica
Albert Herring
Nabucco
5) Which opera’s characters include
Leonore, Florestan, Rocco and
Marzelline?
Don Giovanni
Il Trovatore
Faust
Fidelio
5) The characters Golaud, Arkel,
Yniold and Genevieve appear in
which French opera?
Cosi fan tutte
Boris Godunov
Pelleas et Melisande
Death in Venice