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These Shining Lives, Park Theatre, London
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Limbo, London Wonderground
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Lucia di Lammermoor, Holland Park Opera
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Bow Down, Opera Group, Village Underground
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La Boheme, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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Katya Kabanova, Longborough Festival
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Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park
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Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade, Garsington Opera
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Portugal's Marriage of Figaro, Buxton Festival
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Götterdämmerung, Longborough Festival

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