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Le corsaire pdf copy of english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent conducted by gavin sutherland, along with the dancing and the various performersthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe embroidery on some of them glistened under the theatre lightingin one scene, there seems to have been the taj mahal in the backgroundthe end scene and ship wreck was also of particular note with rolling waves and had a flying dutchman quality about it, both with the music and scenerythis production has exotic sets and oriental costumes full of fabulous colours and detailsthis performance received excellent reviewsthe painted backdrops ere especially good with minarets, and an interesting town scape, presumably of constantinoplethe whole production had a thief of bagdad feel about it, and this was mirrored in the moorish style arches in several of the sceneswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Sleeping beauty english national ballet london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent, along with the dancing, including jospeh caley as prince desirehas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were sumptuous and set in the period style of the 17th century and the later 100 years on 18th centurypostage extra but can be collected in person
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Le corsaire by english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent conducted by gavin sutherland, along with the dancing and the various performershas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthe embroidery on some of them glistened under the theatre lightingthe end scene and ship wreck was also of particular note with rolling waves and had a flying dutchman quality about it, both with the music and sceneryin one scene, there seems to have been the taj mahal in the backgroundpostage extra or collect in person freethis production has exotic sets and oriental costumes full of fabulous colours and detailsthe painted backdrops ere especially good with minarets, and an interesting town scape, presumably of constantinoplethe whole production had a thief of bagdad feel about it, and this was mirrored in the moorish style arches in several of the scenes
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Swan lake, english national ballet london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra conducted by gerry cornelius was excellent, along with the dancinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance although the sets were rather bland in comparison with the roh productionpostage extra or collect in person freehas tragic ending with both prince siegfried danced by francesco frola and odette danced by erine takahashi dying at the finale by both throwing themselves off the cliff, and ending with them both being taken up into eternity on a sleighthe grouping of the swans and choreography was superb and received much critical acclaim
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Petersburg ballet programme, london coliseumelegant and stylish glossy programme for st petersburg ballet visit in augusthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletthe lighting was excellent the orchestral playing by the english national opera was excellent, along with the dancing, including alexander volchkov, denis rodkin and kimin kim as prince siegfried and irina kolesnikova, yulia stephanova and margarita avdeeva as oddette/odilethis performance received mixed reviews and comparisons with the last roh swan lakethe sets were theatrical and the palace was given a medieval settingalso has articles on tchaikovsky, st petersburg and the castpostage extra but can be collected in personhas the russian happy ending with both odette and prince siegried not dying, unlike the more usual tragic endings given in performances in the west
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A pdf copy of manon by english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent, along with the dancingthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthis kevin mcmillan production received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the 18th century costumes which were excellentthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe final scene in the mississippi swamp was dramatic with the past memories and the use of the dry ice to give the impression of the swamp mistthe music was set to massenet with revisions for the production to make it more flowing, which was very successfulwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Pdf copy of nutcracker by english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra conducted by gavin sutherland was excellent, along with the dancinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets and costumes which were sumptuous and set in the period style of the late 19th centurythe toy soldiers and mice were superb, along with the balloonthe production is being revived for the winter seasonwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Pdf copy of swan lake, english national ballet london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra conducted by gerry cornelius was excellent, along with the dancingthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance although the sets were rather bland in comparison with the roh productionhas tragic ending with both prince siegfried danced by francesco frola and odette danced by erine takahashi dying at the finale by both throwing themselves off the cliff, and ending with them both being taken up into eternity on a sleighthe grouping of the swans and choreography was superb and received much critical acclaimwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Nutcracker by english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra conducted by gavin sutherland was excellent, along with the dancinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the balletthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets and costumes which were sumptuous and set in the period style of the late 19th centurythe toy soldiers and mice were superb, along with the balloonthe production is being revived for the winter seasonwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Sleeping beauty by english national ballet, london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for summer seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent, along with the dancing, including jospeh caley as prince desirehas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were sumptuous and set in the period style of the 17th century and the later 100 years on 18th century
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Petersburg ballet programme, london coliseum summer seasonelegant and stylish programme for st petersburg ballet visit in augusthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletit was not possible to take scans of each page, due to the size of the programme which was largethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, and the photos accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe lighting was excellent the orchestral playing by the english national opera was excellent, along with the dancing, including alexander volchkov, denis rodkin and kimin kim as prince siegfried and irina kolesnikova, yulia stephanova and margarita avdeeva as odette/odilehas the russian happy ending with both odette and prince siegfried not dying, unlike the more usual tragic endings given in performances in the westthis performance received mixed reviews and comparisons with the last roh swan lakepdf copy of swan lake, stthe sets were theatrical and the palace was given a medieval settingalso has articles on tchaikovsky, st petersburg and the castthey are all in colourwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Pdf copy of the mask of orpheus english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourboth the production and the music was a cacophony of colour, photo montage background, fabulous costumes and sound and electronic effectsthe studded skull was aztec in appearancethis production has an interesting glass cage japanese style cage, and the costumes are extravagant and extremely colourfulhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this contemporary birtwistle operathe whole opera is portrayed relating to memory and different interpretations of the same series of eventsfor a contemporary production, this was much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Carmen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with virginie verrez as carmen, ross ramgobin as morales, anita watson as micaela, dimitri pittas as done jose, henry waddington as zuniga and angela simkiin as mercedeshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of the bizet operathe military uniforms seemed to be of the spanish civil war periodpostage extra or collect in person freethe costumes were bland, with carmen dressed as a backpacker which may not have been to everyone's tastethe set backdrop consisted of light brown and chocolate tones to a grid like factory setting for the chocolate factory, with metal cages in the front to differentiate the seperate parts of the set, which gave the appearance of a spanish cemeterya more interesting set than the recent set at the royal opera house which consisted of a series of boring stepsthe set remained the same throughout the whole performance
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The cunning little vixen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with aoife miskelly as the vixen, and claudio otelli as the foresterthe set consisted of green rolling small hills covered in various drapes, and gave the appearance of being wombles and magic roundabout in appearancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production which also went on tour, and the music and history of the operathe animals were delightful and some of the caste were on strings from the stagepostage extra or collect in person free
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Rigoletto welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by alexander joel was excellent, along with the singing with david junghoon kim as the duke, mark s doss as rigoletto, paula greenwood as countess ceprano, alistair moore as marullo, martin lloyd as count ceprano, james platt as sparafucile, and marina monzo and haagee lee as gildanone of this related to the actual text of the opera, but as it was opera, it didn't really matterthe production was set in the white house of john f kennedy and there were pastiches of the oval office and a backdrop of the capital buildinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of this leading verdi operathe costumes were s with interesting evening 60's evening wear for the opening party scene with mafia overtonesthe finale death scene was also spell binding after rigoletto discovered the trick with his daughter gildaan interesting rendition in rigoletto's house of la donna e mobile
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Cunning little vixen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with aoife miskelly as the vixen, and claudio otelli as the foresterthe set consisted of green rolling small hills covered in various drapes, and gave the appearance of being wombles and magic roundabout in appearancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production which also went on tour, and the music and history of the operathe animals were delightful and some of the caste were on strings from the stagepostage extra or collect in person free
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ballet icons, london coliseum programme, winter season, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonhas photos and information regarding the programme for sunday 26th january at the london coliseumthe orchestral playing by the english national ballet philharmonic orchestra was excellent, conducted by valery ovsyanilov, along with the performersthe costumes were lavish, especially for the set classical pieces such as sleeping beautypostage extra or collect in person free
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Salome english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra conducted by martyn brabbins was excellent, along with allison cook as salome who was making her english national opera london coliseum debutthis performance received mixed reviews and there was criticism of the sets in particularhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe sets were minimalist, but effective in this symbolist interpretation of this one act opera by richard strauss, full of dream like music with influences of siegried and possibly in the dance of the seven veils and other orchestral interludes, sampson and delilah and pelleas and melisande, written at around the same time by debussythe singing was sung in english translation
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The merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationthe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moonthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operetta
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Merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationthe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moonthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operetta
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Pdf copy of la boheme, english national opera, london coliseum current production programme, elegant and stylish glossy programme for autumn seasonthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, with nicholas lester as marcello, jonathan tetelman as rodolfo, and natalya romaniw as mime, which was sung in english translationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's parisa different spin on the roh one earlier this yearinteresting garrett and paris cafe scenewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Marriage of figaro, eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthis production only had its gala performance on march at the london coliseumthe english national opera london coliseum orchestra was conducted by kevin john edusei, and the singing was by jonathan mccullough as count almaviva, bozidar smiljanic as figaro, the count's servant, elizabeth watts as countess almaviva, louise alder as susanna, her servant, hanna hipp as cheribino, the count's page, andrew shore as drhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operabartolo's old housemaid, colin judson as don basilio, a music teacher, and don curzio, a lawyer, clive bayley as antonio, the gardener and susanna's uncle and rowan pierce as barbarina, antonio's daughter, which was sung in englishpostage extra or collection in person freebartolo, susan bickley as macellina, drthe singing performances were some of the best that eno has had this season
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Madam butterfly, pdf copy of english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter and spring seasonthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by martyb brabbins, along with the singing with natalya romaniw as cio-ciothe various rooms were created by panels, again different from the ellen kent production water gardenwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe stage floor was also a shiny reflective paved surface, and this also reflected the various colours throughout the performancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this puccini operasan (madam butterfly), stepanie windsor-lloyd as suzuki, dimitri pittas as ltpostage extra or collection in person freethe lighting was also dramatic with a variety of coloursthe japanese traditional costumes were extremely colourful throughout with extremely rich fabrics being used, including the formal sokutai robes and kanmuri headgear was particularly effective, particularly the curls on the top, especially for prince yamadori, the bonze, and the imperial commissionerthe set itself was minimalistic and mostly dark, with a rear cinamascope style screen, but there were fabulous colours throughout the performance, and the scene turned from carmen red to pink, yellow and light blue, amongst others at various parts of the performancepinkerton, katie stevens as kate pinkerton, roderick williams as us consol, njabula madiala as prince yamadori, keel watson as the bronze, paul napier-burrows as the imperial commissioner and others, including the blind puppet theatre and the boy, madam butterly's son with puppeteers mark downs and nick barnes
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Orphee pdf copy of english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was good, conducted by geoffrey patterson, along with the singing with nicholas lester as orphee, sarah tynan as eurydice, and the other performers, which was sung in english translationalso interesting walking on and off in silhouette by the performers and use of numbers and texts on the setthis production had interesting use of photo montage, and the performers wore 's costumesfor a contemporary production, this was like with the mask of orpheus, much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewspostage extra or collect in person freequite daliesque in part, in keeping with the surrealist interpretation of the storyalso an interesting shooting episode in the performancewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this philip glass opera, based on the film by jean cocteau
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Pdf copy of orpheus & eurydice eno programme london coliseum , elegant and stylish programme for seasonthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthere was much modern ballet rambert style dancing that dominated the show with groups of dancers in contemporary dance poses throughout the performancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this berlioz score version of the original gluck operathe first scene had a damian hurst type glass case with eurydice lying in it, and the second scene had coloured bright lit up panels in hard edge stylethe chorus was not actually seen but sung off stagethere was the famous aria in the final actthis production is directed by wayne mcgregor with modernistic sets along with the costumeswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe orchestral playing by the eno orchestra was excellent, conducted by harry bicket, along with the singing with alice coote as orpheus, sarah tynan as eurydice and soraya mafi as love, which was sung in english translation, along with the spoken dialoguethis production has had mixed reviews with speculation as to what the three remaining orpheus productions will be like
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La boheme, english national opera, london coliseum current production programme, elegant and stylish glossy programme for seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, with nicholas lester as marcello, jonathan tetelman as rodolfo, and natalya romaniw as mime, which was sung in english translationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's parisa different spin on the roh one earlier this yearinteresting garrett and paris cafe scenepostage extra but can be collected in person
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Madam butterfly, english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter and spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by martyb brabbins, along with the singing with natalya romaniw as cio-ciothe various rooms were created by panels, again different from the ellen kent production water gardenthe stage floor was also a shiny reflective paved surface, and this also reflected the various colours throughout the performancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this puccini operasan (madam butterfly), stepanie windsor-lloyd as suzuki, dimitri pittas as ltpostage extra or collection in person freethe lighting was also dramatic with a variety of coloursthe japanese traditional costumes were extremely colourful throughout with extremely rich fabrics being used, including the formal sokutai robes and kanmuri headgear was particularly effective, particularly the curls on the top, especially for prince yamadori, the bonze, and the imperial commissionerthe set itself was minimalistic and mostly dark, with a rear cinamascope style screen, but there were fabulous colours throughout the performance, and the scene turned from carmen red to pink, yellow and light blue, amongst others at various parts of the performancepinkerton, katie stevens as kate pinkerton, roderick williams as us consol, njabula madiala as prince yamadori, keel watson as the bronze, paul napier-burrows as the imperial commissioner and others, including the blind puppet theatre and the boy, madam butterly's son with puppeteers mark downs and nick barnes
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Luisa miller, english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by alexander joel, along with the singing with elizabeth llewellyn as luisa, olafur sigurdarson as miller, david junghoon kim as rodulfo, james cresswell as count walter, soloman howard as wurm, christine rice as federica a duchessthe costumes were varied, with wurm in dark black with comical costumes for others, and rodulfo appeared in tuxedo for the final scenethere was interesting use of the eno chorusdifferent from his stirling tuxedo role in wno's recent production of rigolletto, a more successful role for himthe set was minimalistic white and throughout it seemed that we were in a gigantic freezerpostage extra or collection in person freethis production has attracted controversy and criticismthere were also children making writings in paint on either side of the stage, and also in the end death scene paint dripping down card backdropsthere were slight geometrical patterns in hard edged stylethe back of the scene moved forwards and backwards at times, with an octagonal style entrance in the middlethere was also use of black stip like caging for parts of the stage in the second parthas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this verdi opera
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Orphee english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was good, conducted by geoffrey patterson, along with the singing with nicholas lester as orphee, sarah tynan as eurydice, and the other performers, which was sung in english translationalso interesting walking on and off in silhouette by the performers and use of numbers and texts on the setthis production had interesting use of photo montage, and the performers wore 's costumesfor a contemporary production, this was like with the mask of orpheus, much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewspostage extra or collect in person freequite daliesque in part, in keeping with the surrealist interpretation of the storyalso an interesting shooting episode in the performancehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this philip glass opera, based on the film by jean cocteau
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Lucia di lammermoor english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, including the glasses, along with the singing with sarah tynan as lucia, lester lynch as the laird of lammermoor, and eleazar rodriguez as edgardo, which was sung in english translationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe sets were excellent and had early victorian period style rooms, and the opera was set in the early 19th century
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