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Cabin pressure rising: Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse at the Linbury

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“murky depths, misty booming, creaking timbers, the shrill of a sharp wind in the strings”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 22 October 2015
Davies, The Lighthouse
The Royal Opera
Jonathan Santagada, Conductor
Greg Eldridge, Director
Alyson Cummins, Set Designer
Samuel Sakker, Sandy
Yuriy Yurchuk, Blazes
David Shipley, Arthur
Warren Letton, Lighting Designer
Southbank Sinfonia
Colin Scott, Piano
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