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An imaginary Flying Dutchman at ENO

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 28 April 2012
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Jonathan Kent, Director
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Chorus
Clive Bayley, Daland
Orla Boylan, Senta
Stuart Skelton, Erik
Robert Murray, The Steersman
James Creswell, Dutchman
ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
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****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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