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An amazing Verdi Requiem in Adelaide: can music really be so good?

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Reviewed at Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide on 28 August 2015
Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Timothy Sexton, Conductor
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Teresa LaRocca, Soprano
Elizabeth Campbell, Mezzo-soprano
Diego Torre, Tenor
Douglas McNicol, Baritone
State Opera South Australia Chorus
The Australian Ballet in Adelaide: a dazzling Beauty
****1
Jonathan Dove’s excellent opera Flight touches down in Australia
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State Opera South Australia enliven Lucia di Lammermoor
***11
Australian beachside fun in Adelaide Così fan tutte
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Stravinsky's Nightingale takes flight to open the Adelaide Festival
***11
Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Verdi Requiem wows the Adelaide Festival
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