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Delighting the mind's eye: Saffron Opera Group's Das Rheingold

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Reviewed at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden on 17 January 2016
Wagner, Das Rheingold (Concert Performance)
Saffron Opera Group
Michael Thorne, Conductor
Inga-Britt Andersson, Freia
Victoria Simmonds, Wellgunde
Gail Pearson, Woglinde
Deborah Humble, Erda
Niamh Kelly, Flosshilde
Sarah Pring, Fricka
Adam Tunnicliffe, Froh
Stephen Rooke, Loge
Richard Roberts, Mime
Nicholas Folwell, Alberich
Toby Girling, Donner
Jeremy White, Wotan
Robert-John Edwards, Fafner
Julian Close, Fasolt
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