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Rarely seen in captivity: Vaughan Williams' opera Hugh the Drover

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Reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London on 11 November 2011
Vaughan Williams, Hugh the Drover
David de Winter, Hugh the Drover
Elaine Tate, Mary
Ed Ballard, John the Butcher
Camilla Bull, Aunt Jane
Ian Helm, The Constable
Barnaby Beer, The Showman/The Sergeant
Oliver-John Ruthven, Conductor
Angela Hardcastle, Director
Dionysus Ensemble
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