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A Midsummer Night's Dream at English National Opera

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 19 May 2011
Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Leo Hussain, Conductor
Christopher Alden, Director
Iestyn Davies, Oberon
Sir Willard White, Bottom
Anna Christy, Tytania
Allan Clayton, Lysander
Benedict Nelson, Demetrius
Kate Valentine, Helena
Tamara Gura, Hermia
Jamie Manton, Puck
Paul Whelan, Theseus
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*****
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****1
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****1
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Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
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****1
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