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Tag Archives: Daisy Brown
Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nevill Holt Opera, 12th June 2019 Musk roses, oxlips, nodding violets. The grounds of the Nevill Holt estate in Leicestershire are probably host to all of the flora Oberon describes to Puck to aid him … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anna Harvey, Anna Morrissey, Brian McAlea, Britten, Britten Sinfonia, Daisy Brown, Edmund Danon, Jasper William Cartwright, Lawson Anderson, Martha Jones, Meinir Wyn Roberts, Nevill Holt Opera, Oliver Brignall, Padraic Rowan, Peter Kirk, Richard Pinkstone, Simon Kenny, Timothy Edlin, Timothy Morgan, Tristan Hambleton
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Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail *** Grange Festival, 24th June 2018 “Too many notes, dear Mozart.” The authenticity (and translation) of Joseph II’s judgement on The Abduction from the Seraglio may be creaky but the Emperor’s quip is oft-repeated possibly because … Continue reading