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From TV dinners to highway robbery: People Watch, Sacred Mountain and Life Stories at Tête-à-Tête

By Charlotte Valori, 22 July 2015
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“with more than a slight air of Fiona Shaw, Wilson is definitely one to watch”
Reviewed at The Place, London on 21 July 2015
Programme
Conner, People Watch (Libretto: Bill Bankes-Jones)
Thompson, Sacred Mountain
Benjamin, Silent Jack
Benjamin, Rest in Peace
Performers
Streetwise Opera
Timothy Burke, Conductor
Abigail Kelly, Queen Nanny
Taylor Wilson, Amy
James Fisher, Ezdeyev
Susannah Austin, Vocals
Ligeti Quartet
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.