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Tag Archives: Pamela Helen Stephen
Marina Rebeka: a Violetta in robust health in Covent Garden’s Traviata
Verdi: La traviata *** Royal Opera, 18th May 2015 Twenty-one years, twelve revivals and umpteen casts later, Richard Eyre’s Royal Opera production of La traviata still has much to recommend it. Bob Crowley’s designs are handsome – the salon in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelica Voje, Bob Crowley, Franco Vassallo, Ismael Jordi, James Platt, La traviata, Marc Minkowski, Marina Rebeka, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Eyre, Royal Opera, Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Sakker, Verdi
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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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