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European Festivals 2010 Round-UpSunday, 06 June 2010
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English National Opera, 2010-11 SeasonTuesday, 20 April 2010
English National Opera’s 2010-11 season includes 10 new productions, including ENO premieres of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia and Handel’s Radamisto. There will be two new... Read more... |
Glyndebourne Opera, 2010 SeasonMonday, 25 January 2010
Glyndebourne Opera's headline news this summer is its first-ever production of Britten's Billy Budd, to be directed by Donmar Warehouse director Michael Grandage in his own first venture... Read more... |
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