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Newtownabbey

An imaginative presentation of Les Nuits d’Été

05/06/202317/03/2023 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berlioz, Les nuits d’éte (Summer Nights): Sinead O’Kelly (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Evans (piano), Cameron Menzies (creatives). Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey, 11.3.2023. (RB)

Sinead O’Kelly (c) Neil Harrison/NI Opera

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