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OPERA OBSESSION: La Traviata with the Twentieth-Century Blues
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Friday, June 5, 2015. La Traviata with the Twentieth-Century Blues. It was on an impulse that I went to see the first of two Oxford performances of Opera Up Close. In the party scene of Act II. Performing the herculean task of evoking a Verdian orchestra, Elspeth Wilkes (coordinating from the piano,) Sarah Douglas (clarinet,) and William Rudge (cello,) all played with remarkable subtlety, as well as remarkable stamina. Have a chance of breaking free of his father's influence and crafting a life guided by...
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