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Glyndebourne’s first ever semi-opera

16 years ago
Gary Hoffman

[Crawley Observer, 27 April 2009]

This summer will mark Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of the semi-opera The Fairy Queen, marking the 350th anniversary of the birth of composer Henry Purcell.

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