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Desire, deception, and death: Birtwistle's The Corridor and The Cure opens the Aldeburgh Festival

By Charlotte Valori, 17 June 2015
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“The anger Harsent finds in both characters is fascinating”
Reviewed at Britten Studio, Snape on 14 June 2015
Programme
Birtwistle, The Corridor
Birtwistle, The Cure
Performers
Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor
Elizabeth Atherton, Soprano
Mark Padmore, Tenor
Martin Duncan, Director
London Sinfonietta
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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.