Gloria’s husband Chester was brilliantly characterised by Colin Judson. He was a totally convincing homophobic slob, finally won over by his new gay spouse, Darryl (Simon Gleeson). As usual, with the opera so very short, it seemed hard for the characters to develop convincingly, but Judson did exceptionally well, and was also the strongest singer in the cast. Even his homophobic moments were sensitively done, and it was clear he was more ignorant than actually nasty. Once he had been educated by Darryl, his attitudes had changed, but there was still enough of the old Chester to make him seem like the same person.

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