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A stellar cast lights up ENO's Rosenkavalier

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 28 January 2012
Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Set Designer
English National Opera Orchestra
Amanda Roocroft, Feldmarschallin
Dame Sarah Connolly, Octavian
Sir John Tomlinson, Baron Ochs
Sophie Bevan, Sophie
Andrew Shore, Herr von Faninal
Madeleine Shaw, Annina
Adrian Thompson, Valzacchi
Jennifer Rhys-Davies, Marianne
English National Opera Chorus
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