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Bury Court Opera’s Madam Butterfly is Pure Poetry

25/03/201623/03/2016 by Roderic Dunnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Madam Butterfly: Soloists and Chorus or Bury Court Opera with the Southbank Sinfonia / Simon Over (conductor), The Barn at Bury Court, Hampshire. 18.3.2016. (RD)

Mamie Matsuda (standing) as Cio-Cio-San and Ayaka Tanimoto (below) as Suzuki
Mamie Matsuda (standing) as Cio-Cio-San and Ayaka Tanimoto as Suzuki
(c) Robert Workman

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Rapturous Performance of Purcell’s Fairy Queen at Bury Court

03/03/201426/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen:  Soloists and Chorus of Bury Court Opera with Southbank Sinfonia/Simon Over (conductor), Bury Court, Farnham, 22.2.2014. (RD)

chool is not all it seems to be - Eloise Irving (Secretary) and John Lattimore (MathsTeacher) from right (photo Bury Court Opera)
School is not all it seems to be – Eloise Irving (Secretary) and John Lattimore (MathsTeacher) from right (photo Bury Court Opera)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Farnham, Roderic Dunnett

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