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Kill or be killed: Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, ETO

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“Conway pours, splashes or drips blood across the stage with relish”
Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Norwich on 23 March 2016
Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride
Martin André, Conductor
James Conway, Director
Anna Fleischle, Set Designer
Catherine Carby, Iphigénie
John-Colyn Gyeantey, Pylade
Grant Doyle, Oreste
Craig Smith, Thoas, King of Scythia
Charlotte Pollard, Diane
Gfeller Simon, Scythian
Susanna Fairbairn, Mezzo-soprano
Samantha Hay, Soprano
Bradley Travis, Baritone
Guy Hoare, Lighting Designer
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