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Tag Archives: Madama Butterfly
Finely honed performances in Grange Park Opera’s Madama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Grange Park Opera, 31st May 2012 Festival Season is upon us once again. Situated in picturesque Hampshire landscape, Grange Park Opera is perhaps the most idyllic of them all. The Doric portico at the Greek temple … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Duliba, Andrew Rees, Claire Rutter, Derek Welton, English Chamber Orchestra, Gianluca Marcianò, Grange Park Opera, John Doyle, Madama Butterfly, Marco Panuccio, Mark Bailey, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Nikki Woollaston, Puccini, Sara Fulgoni, Stephen Gadd
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Pulling the strings: ENO’s widescreen Butterfly
Puccini: Madam Butterfly *** English National Opera, 8th May 2012 Madam Butterfly is one of two operas virtually guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes of this traditionally stony-hearted critic (The Cunning Little Vixen is the other, should you be interested, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Minghella, Blind Summit Theatre, Carolyn Choa, Catherine Young, English National Opera, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Han Feng, John Fanning, Jonathan McGovern, Madama Butterfly, Mark Richardson, Mary Plazas, Michael Colvin, Michael Levine, Oleg Caetani, Pamela Helen Stephen, Puccini, Sarah Tipple
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