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Orchestra Rehearsal: Fellini restaged in Tallinn

By Simon Rees, 17 September 2015
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Reviewed at St Birgitta Convent, Tallinn on 9 August 2015
Performers
Natalya Sats Musical Theater
Estonian National Opera Choir
Elmo Tiisvald, Choirmaster / chorus director
Simone Fermani, Conductor
Georgy Isaakyan, Director
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Simon Rees
Simon Rees
Simon Rees writes programme articles and surtitles for most British opera companies, and reviews for Opera, Opera Now, Musical Opinion, Early Music Today and a wide range of other publications. A novelist, poet and librettist, from 1989 to 2012 he was dramaturg at Welsh National Opera. He lives in Cardiff.