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European Festivals 2010 Round-Up

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English National Opera, 2010-11 Season

theartsdesk Tuesday, 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...

Glyndebourne Opera, 2010 Season

Ismene Brown Monday, 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...

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Album: NewDad - Altar
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