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Tag Archives: Mary Bevan
Jonathan Miller’s stylish, spirited Mikado revived once again at ENO
Sullivan: The Mikado *** ENO, 21st November 2015 “I am an acquired taste – only the educated palate can appreciate me,” Katisha explains to Ko-Ko towards the end of The Mikado, just after the Lord High Executioner has declared his … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Gregory, English National Opera, Fergus Macleod, Fiona Canfield, George Humphreys, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Miller, Mary Bevan, Rachael Lloyd, Richard Suart, Robert Lloyd, Stefanos Lazaridis, Sue Blane, Sullivan, The Mikado, Yvonne Howard
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ENO’s new Magic Flute mixes high-tech with simple stagecraft
Mozart: The Magic Flute **** English National Opera, 7th November 2013 For all the risk-taking in the operatic world, productions which are guaranteed bums-on-seats bankers are like Nibelung gold. To scrap not one but two such productions is a brave … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Johnson, Brian Galliford, Clare Presland, Complicite, Cornelia Götz, Devon Guthrie, Die Zauberflöte, Eleanor Dennis, English National Opera, Finn Ross, Gareth Fry, Gergely Madaras, James Creswell, Mary Bevan, Michael Levine, Roland Wood, Rosie Aldridge, Simon McBurney, Steven Page
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