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Broad slapstick eclipses Haydn’s Life on the Moon

Haydn: Life on the Moon ** English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire, 17th October 2014 Few composers deal in genial wit better than Joseph Haydn, so I was baffled that his opera buffa Il mondo della luna left me so grumpy … Continue reading

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