Add a pinch of fairy dust: Weber's Oberon

Von Charlotte Valori, 28 November 2014

Laden, bitte warten...

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 25 November 2014

Weber, Oberon

New Sussex Opera

Nicholas Jenkins, Musikalische Leitung

Max Key, Regie

Sally Silver, Reiza

Carolyn Dobbin, Fatima

Adam Tunnicliffe, Oberon

Adrian Dwyer, Sir Huon of Bordeaux

Damian Thantrey, Scherasmin

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***11

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**111

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***11

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*****

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***11

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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.

Add a pinch of fairy dust: Weber's Oberon, with New Sussex Opera