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Just Look Back in Anger: Tippett’s King Priam, by English Touring Opera

Von Charlotte Valori, 17 Februar 2014
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“It leaves us feeling profoundly unsettled. Not a night for the faint hearted.”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London, am 13 Februar 2014
Programm
Tippett, King Priam
Darsteller
English Touring Opera
Michael Rosewell, Musikalische Leitung
James Conway, Regie
Anna Fleischle, Bühnenbild
Camilla Roberts, Andromache
Laure Meloy, Hecuba
Grant Doyle, Hector
Roderick Earle, Priam
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Anna FleischleCamilla RobertsEnglish Touring OperaGrant DoyleJames ConwayLaure MeloyMichael RosewellMichael TippettRoderick Earle
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.