FREYA YUEJIE LI
Bizet: Doctor Miracle
Opera
Set & Costume Designer
July, 2024
RWCMD, Cardiff
Director – Isabelle Carlean Jones
Musical director – Tom Blunt
Assistant Musical director – Dora Seaton
set & costume Designer – Freya Yuejie Li
Design Assistant: Yifei Deng
Lighting designer – Zak Clark
Photographer-Simon Gough
Silvio / Pasquin / Dr Miracle – Laurie Standish-Hayes
Lauretta – Chloe Hare-Jones
Veronique – Imogen Rowe
Le podestat de Padaoue – Jonathan Jolly
This is a story full of humor and romance. It's about a clever soldier, Silvio, who plans a series of disguises to
win the heart of the mayor's daughter, Laurette. The mayor hates soldiers, so Silvio disguises himself as a
servant to get into the mayor's house and makes an omelet, tricking the mayor into thinking he is poisoned.
Then, Silvio disguises himself as a "Doctor Miracle" to give the mayor a cure. In the end, the mayor is moved
by their love and agrees to let Silvio and Laurette be together.