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Tag Archives: Netia Jones
Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte **** Garsington Opera, 31st May 2018 “Square your actions and circumscribe your desires.” Across the façade of a great house, the square and compass – symbols of Freemasonry – are projected as brothers busily work at architectural … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thompson, Benjamin Hulett, Christian Curnyn, Die Zauberflöte, Garsington Opera, James Creswell, Jonathan McGovern, Katherine Crompton, Katie Stevenson, Lara Marie Müller, Louise Alder, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mozart, Netia Jones, Richard Burkhard, Sen Guo
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A silvery Dream lost among the shadows: Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 12th June 2017 Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an opera swathed in a sensual, yet sinister score, conjured from a tiny ensemble where Oberon’s fairy kingdom is evoked by glistening glockenspiel, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Britten, Clare Presland, Clive Bayley, Eleanor Dennis, George Humphreys, Iestyn Davies, Jack Lansbury, Lawrence Wiliford, Leah-Marian Jones, Matthew Rose, Netia Jones, Nicholas Sharratt, Nick Pritchard, Ryan Wigglesworth, Simon Butteriss, Sion Goronwy, Sophie Bevan
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