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Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (4) – Handbells and Hippies turn The Sorcerer on its head

21/07/202118/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, The Sorcerer: Opera della Luna Opera Company, Opera House, Buxton. 16.8.2011 (RJW)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (3) – Arcadian setting for Cambridge University’s Iolanthe

21/07/202118/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan,  Iolanthe: Soloists and Chorus of Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Buxton Opera, 9.8.2011 (RJW)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival Fringe:Australians deliver an impressive Edwardian musical

22/08/201117/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Fringe, Lionel Monkton, The Arcadians: Soloists and Chorus of Victorian Opera (Australia), Paxton Theatre, The Pavilion, Buxton. 13.8.2011 (RJW)

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Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (2) – New Production of Pirates is Outstanding

22/07/202111/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists and Chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.8.2011 (RJW)

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Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Youth Festival 2011 – Young Singers Excel in HMS Pinafore

22/07/202110/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sullivan, HMS Pinafore:  Soloists and Chorus of Buxton Festival Youth Production, Buxton, Derbyshire 6.8.2011 (RJW)

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Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival 2011 – Good characterization and a fresh look for Ruddigore

22/07/202110/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, Ruddigore: Soloists and Chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 6.8.2011. (RJW)

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Heritage Opera woos Jane Austen fans with Jonathan Dove’s ‘Mansfield Park’

08/04/201410/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonathan Dove,  Mansfield Park:  Chamber opera in two acts, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen with libretto by Alasdair Middleton.Heritage Opera, Ashton Hall, Lancaster Town Hall, Lancashire. 5. 8.2011 (MC)

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Buxton G&S Festival Fringe 2011 – Sparkling Dancing and Costumes for Sandy Wilson’s Boy Friend

09/08/202308/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend: Soloists and Chorus of North West Productions, Liverpool University, Gilbert & Sullivan Fringe Festival, Buxton, 2.8.2011 (RJW)

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