THE RHINE FAIRIES Les Fées du Rhin/ Die Rheinnixen Grand Romantic Opera in Four Acts by Jacques Offenbach British Première in a new English translation by Neil Jenkins October 2009 Lewes Town Hall, Floral Hall, Winter Garden, Eastbourne, Cadogan Hall London SW1 NSO Chorus Kent Sinfonia conductor Nicholas Jenkins

Armgard Kate Valentine Hedwig Anne-Marie Owens Franz David Curry Conrad Quentin Hayes Godfrey Daniel Grice Queen of the Fairies Birgit Rohowska Peasant Girl Red Gray Two Soldiers Andrew Holden, David James Two Dryads Hilary Jane Andrews, Rachel Rogers A Spy John Newman Conrad's Henchman Chris Holwell