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Blandford ForumAn evening with the Festival Faculty

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Jennifer Davis; Victoria Simmonds; James Platt; Michael Pugh

Blandford ForumAmerican Odyssey: A musical journey through the ups and downs of life

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Barber, Copland, Price, Mitchell, Dylan
Victoria Simmonds; Kelvin Lim

Blandford ForumVerdi Requiem

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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Gavin Carr; Jennifer Davis; Victoria Simmonds; John Findon; James Platt
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Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

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Scion of generations of sitar players, Nishat Khan is the perfect person to tell the "greatest love story never told" behind India's most iconic building.
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Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

Xavier Hetherington (Itch) © Craig Fuller
Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.
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Sisterhood tenderly explored: Little Women at Opera Holland Park

Kitty Whately (Meg), Elizabeth Karani (Amy), Charlotte Badham (Jo), Harriet Eyley (Beth) © Opera Holland Park | Ali Smith
Composer-librettist Adamo does full justice to Louisa May Alcott's 19th-century bestseller, one of the most widely read works in American literature.
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Opera Holland Park: colour and laughter as Figaro opens the season

Amid all the18th-century flummery, contemporary touches abound as the OHP's post-pandemic season opens. 
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Written on skin, chef-d'œuvre de George Benjamin à la Philharmonie

Clou du festival Présences qui lui est consacré, George Benjamin dirige un Written on skin bouleversant à la Philharmonie, qui rappelle avant tout la richesse de l'écriture orchestrale du compositeur.
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Written on Skin: A modern operatic classic makes Berlin debut

With a semi-staged production, directed by Benjamin Davis, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra has also been bringing George Benjamin's opera to concert hall audiences.
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