UK premiere of Taneyev's Oresteia

Par Terentius Varro, 30 mai 2011

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Critique faite à University of Leeds: Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds, le 17 novembre 2010

Taneïev, Oresteia (first act only)

Orchestra of Leeds School of Music

Orchestra of Leeds College of Music

Jonathan Lo, Direction

Anastasia Belina, Direction musicale

Leeds University Liturgical Choir

Nataliya Kompanietz-Joury, Soprano

Anna Starushkevych, Mezzo-soprano

Dmitry Yumashev, Baryton

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