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Category Archives: Opera
Stunning Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
Britten: Peter Grimes ***** Aldeburgh Beach, 19th June 2013 For a nation frequently used to summers which last a mere fortnight (sometimes located in April) we’re awfully keen on staging performances in the great outdoors, be it theatre in Regents … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Oke, Aldeburgh Festival, Alexandra Hutton, Britten-Pears Orchestra. Steuart Bedford, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Charles Rice, Charmian Bedford, Christopher Gillett, David Kempster, Gaynor Keeble, Giselle Allen, GSMD, Henry Waddington, Leslie Travers, Opera North, Peter Grimes, Robert Murray, Sound Intermedia, Stephen Richardson, Tim Albery
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A Ronseal Onegin at Grange Park
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Grange Park Opera, 30th May 2013 Audiences at Grange Park Opera are accustomed to Wafsi Kani bustling onto the stage before a note is delivered to offer up thanks to the numerous sponsors responsible for generously … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Marie Owens, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brett Polegato, Clive Bayley, Eugene Onegin, Francis Bourne, Francis O'Connor, Grange Park Opera, Kathleen Wilkinson, Lynne Hockney, Martyn Brabbins, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Stephen Medcalf, Stuart Kale, Susan Gritton, Tchaikovsky
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Fairies at the bottom of Wagner’s garden
Wagner: Die Feen Chelsea Opera Group, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17th March 2013 There are fairies at the bottom of the garden. On the Wagner-Verdi bicentenary dual carriageway, the Chelsea Opera Group charabanc trundled into town for the first of its … Continue reading