Michael Tanner

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L’assedio di Calais<br /> Guildhall School of Music and Drama

issue 14 November 2009

L’assedio di Calais
Guildhall School of Music and Drama

This is the time of year, before the long hibernation of opera companies sets in, when there is sometimes a choice of several operas per night, many of them performed by the schools of music, which often seem to adopt the unintelligent course of having their performances on in the same week.

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