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What’s behind Bluebeard’s 8th door? Chilling double bill from Scottish Opera

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“immensely powerful, her horror escalating as damp walls of the room gave way to blood on her hands”
Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 1 April 2017
Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Paterson, The 8th Door
Scottish Opera
Sian Edwards, Conductor
Matthew Lenton, Director
Kai Fischer, Set Designer
Jessica Brettle, Costume Designer
Robert Hayward, Bluebeard
Karen Cargill, Judith
Emily Vine, Soprano
Daniel Keating-Roberts, Countertenor
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
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Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
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The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
****1
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
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