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The Tales of Hoffman/ENO; La Boheme/Silent Opera - review

Paul Guest | Posted 15.04.2012 | Home
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Paul Guest

Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman is a strange opera - It is, basically, a giant anti-climax. Richard Jones' new production of the opera is fantastical yet uneven and given the Monty Python treatment; guided by Hoffman's muse we are taken to four worlds to meet the four women Hoffman has ever loved, one a reality and the others stories.

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London Limelight/100 Club; Der Rosenkavalier/ENO; Dream Hunter/Wilton's Music Hall - Review

Paul Guest | Posted 08.04.2012 | Home
Read More: John Fuller, Sir John Tomlinson, 100 Club, Sony Classical, Der Rosenkavalier, Music, Bach, Sophie Bevan, Mendelssohn, Wilton's Music Hall, David Greilsammer, Richard Strauss, Amanda Roocroft, Badke Quartet, Sarah Connolly, Classical, Opera, Shostakovich, Haydn, Nicola Lefanu, English Coliseum, Charmian Bedford, London Limelight, Jonathan Byers, Dream Hunter, David McVicar, Edward Gardner, Royal Academy of Music, English National Opera, Couperin, Rameau, Home News
Paul Guest

London Limelight is the oldest of all of these classical clubbing ventures and has the unique setting of the world famous 100 Club in Soho: Quartets a...

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