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Britten and the Bard at Boston Lyric Opera

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Reviewed at Boch Center: Shubert Theater, Boston on 29 April 2011
Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Boston Lyric Opera
David Angus, Conductor
Tazewell Thompson, Director
John Gaston, Oberon
Nadine Sierra, Tytania
Susanna Phillips, Helena
Heather Johnson, Hermia
Chad A. Johnson, Lysander
Matthew Worth, Demetrius
Andrew Shore, Bottom
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