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On the waterfront: Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony closes the opera season in Oslo

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“the sonic equivalent of standing on a pier in the middle of a gale”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 21 June 2018
Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Katherine Broderick, Soprano
Yngve André Søberg, Baritone
Norwegian National Opera Chorus
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Alexander Soddy, Conductor
Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances
****1
Petite Mort is a cut above in second Kylián celebration
***11
NNB rises to the challenges of Nureyev’s Don Quixote
****1
Norwegian National Ballet dazzles in Balanchine's Jewels
*****
Ben Stevenson's Cinderella is still delightful after nearly 55 years
****1
Mats Ek's She was black + A Sort Of ...: thrillingly captivating
*****
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