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English Touring Opera: The Fairy Queen goes to Bedlam

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Reviewed at Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate on 3 November 2011
Purcell, The Fairy Queen
Joseph McHardy, Conductor
Thomas Guthrie, Director
Louise Alder, Soprano
Michał Czerniawski, Countertenor
Anthony Gregory, Tenor
Nina Lejderman, Soprano
Lina Markeby, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Merryweather, Baritone
Aidan Smith, Baritone
Mark Wilde, Tenor
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****1
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***11
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**111
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