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Performer: Peter Lidbetter

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High WycombeMimi and the Golden Touch

Garsington Opera
Salorian: Mimi and the Golden Touch
Lucy Bradley; English Touring Opera; Sascha Gilmour; Isabelle Atkinson; Binny Supin Yang
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Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill

Yanki Yau (Anna II) and Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Anna I) in The Seven Deadly Sins © Julian Guidera
Opera Prelude’s emerging artists bring out both contrasts and similarities in Trouble in Tahiti and The Seven Deadly Sins.
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a smash hit for Garsington

Henry Waddington (Lady Bracknell) © Richard Hubert Smith
A handbag? Jack Furness’ uproarious new production of Gerald Barry’s irreverent take Oscar Wilde bares some very sharp teeth. 
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Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

Madison Leonard (Violetta) and Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo) © Clive Barda
Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.
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HMS Pinafore at OHP: infernal nonsense of the best kind

It’s a risky business to describe comic nuance or timing, so please take my word that these qualities were as pitch-perfect as the vocal prowess on display.
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