jillian.edelstein
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Jillian photographed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa for the New York Times and many other stories for The New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair among others. Her portraits were recently exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery.

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It’s more than a decade since Opera North had a new production of The Marriage of Figaro, and 30 years since the one before that had its…