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		<title>Visit to Cragside &#8211; 19 May 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cragside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we ended up as far north in England as possible, this Northumberland holiday led us to visit Cragside. The home of the 19thC industrialist and inventor William Armstrong. The location is definitely in line with ideas of the sublime creating ideal conditions for an impressive residence. The 900 acres of grounds are the home to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=6173&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exceptional polish / Die Zauberflöte / Royal Opera House &#8211; 7 May 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albina Shagimuratova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Staples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David McVicar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Flute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House Covent Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Keenlyside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Bevan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susana Gaspar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a bit of a crazy week but really have to put down in writing how good the performance of the Magic Flute really was. McVicar&#8217;s decade old production may be very short on the crowd pleasing spectacle the work is calling for and is particularly cumbersome in its design sensibility. But all [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=6148&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ENO 2013/2014 Season launch by an eye witness</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/season-launch-by-an-eye-witness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Minghella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calixto Bieito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Alden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English National Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hill-Gibbins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Audi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Gilliam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Adès]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The English National Opera seems to be a uniquely polarising company when it comes to critical opinion and bloggers in the UK. Most are very happy to point out its faults (most of the criticisms if inverted could be used against the Royal Opera rather easily, when it comes to programming) and all its missteps. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=6087&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mrs Carter and her dearest friends / Beyoncé at the O2 Arena, London &#8211; 3 May 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/mrs-carter-and-her-dearest-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyoncé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyoncé Knowles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mrs Carter Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wigmore Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any long-term readers will not quite expect a piece on&#160;Beyoncé by me&#8230;but somehow managed to see her newest, shiniest world tour on Friday night and thought it worth documenting here. We tend to think of the tribes of people who attend classical and opera evenings, a largely middle class, middle-aged crowd that veers on the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=6093&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future + Present + Past / Ecstasy and Death / English National Ballet &#8211; 20 April 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/ecstasy-and-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballet / Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Markova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English National Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harald Lander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Cocteau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jiří Kylián]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Jeune et la mort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Le Riche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petit Mort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roland Petit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamara Rojo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was the first programme fully put together by the new Director of the English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo. It read like a ballsy statement of intent and it overall read as a fresh, exciting start for the company. Since January and after a radical re-branding  complete with new logo, new promotional campaign and some combative [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5980&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for the music Sir Colin</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/thanks-for-the-music-sir-colin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsworthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tribute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We use the word legend far too easily but applying it to a great maestro of the stature of Sir Colin Davis is very appropriate. In the last decade I had the chance to see him conduct his beloved London Symphony Orchestra many times. Every time their sound had a special sheen that somehow only [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5936&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The power of great design</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/the-power-of-great-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsworthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guardian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From all the non ending and at times very tiresome eulogies after the passing of Margaret Thatcher, this advert by BBH has encapsulated the zeitgeist in one clean but direct summation. Great typography and a simple idea have the power to cut through the political smoke screen erected by the publicity hungry &#8220;Thatcher&#8217;s children&#8221;. One big [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5921&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interminable sea of grey / Nabucco / Royal Opera House &#8211; 4 April 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/interminable-sea-of-grey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniele Abbado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Nucci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liudmyla Monastyrska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marianna Pizzolato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nabucco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Luisotti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera Covent Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a week and I can reassure you that Daniele Abbado&#8217;s new production of Nabucco is near instantly forgettable. The set being at most three tones of grey, the costumes being ill fitting, anonymous suits and dresses in near matching grey with small touches of muted blue and green. Verdi&#8217;s score and the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5892&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visit to NT Ickworth / 1 April 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/nt-ickworth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ickworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday visited for the first time Ickworth, as stately as a Georgian pile gets. Unfortunately I only had a compact camera with me, so apologies for the lack of sharpness in quite a few images but hope you will enjoy them regardless. Unusually for a National Trust property it has a number of really [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5869&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lutosławski magic / Philharmonia Orchestra + Matthias Goerne + Jennifer Koh + Esa-Pekka Salonen / Royal Festival Hall &#8211; 21 March 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/lutoslawski-magic-philharmonia/</link>
		<comments>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/lutoslawski-magic-philharmonia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matthias Goerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maurice Ravel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Royal Festival Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southbank Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witold Lutosławski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To call a concert an exhilarating, gripping experience with lots of unexpected contrasts twists and turns may seem an over the top description. But last night the Philharmonia&#8217;s smashing mix of Ravel and Lutosławski was a magical journey across 20th century repertoire without compromise and with a true visionary at the helm. Esa-Pekka Salonen is a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5825&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heard about the recitals&#8230;now get the CD (or download).</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/get-the-cd-or-download/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Blurb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ailyn Pérez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Michaels-Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Brownlee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opus Arte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosenblatt Recitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wigmore Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any long term readers will know that I am not in the business of selling merchandise for anyone and do avoid promoting commercial ventures. But since I unwittingly was quoted on the press release for Ailyn Pérez&#8217;s new CD under the new joint project by Opus Arte and Rosenblatt Recitals, it makes sense to let you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5803&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wimsy and gorgeousness / Sophie Bevan + Sebastian Wybrew recital / Wigmore Hall &#8211; 17 March 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/sophie-bevan-sebastian-wybrew-recital-wigmore-hall-17-march-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cunning Little Vixen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hermit Songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leontyne Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel Barber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sebastian Wybrew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Bevan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh National Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wigmore Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A short form hour-long Wigmore Hall recital is a great way to see new artists taking their first steps on the platform. Sophie Bevan has graced that very stage as a solo artist, soloist in a couple of operas and oratorios and with her vocal group The Myrthen Ensemble. She is currently touring with the Welsh National [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5777&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medieval Noir / Written on Skin / Royal Opera House &#8211; 11 March 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/medieval-noir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aix-en-Provence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Hannigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bejun Mehta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Purves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Benjamin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Crimp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now you must have all heard the noises by the critics and any other blogging source about Written on Skin. Having watched the cinema broadcast from Aix-en-Provence last July. I was well primed for the live performance and I have to admit I was annoyed by a totally different aspect than the cinema experience. The work [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5727&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After the next best thing / Apollo + 24 Preludes + Aeternum / Royal Opera House &#8211; 7 March 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballet / Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24 Preludes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aeternum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexei Ratmansky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alina Cojocaru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apollo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Wheeldon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federico Bonelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Balanchine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marianela Nuñez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Pennefather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zenaida Yanowsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reading the reviews I was expecting a mixed blessing of an evening and I have to say the combination of classic early Balanchine a new Ratmansky and a new Wheeldon was surprising. This revival of Apollo was not as impressive as the one by the English National Ballet a couple of years ago. This early [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5691&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From darkness to light / Lulu + The Cunning Little Vixen / Welsh National Opera, Cardiff &#8211; 23+24 February 2013</title>
		<link>http://operacreep.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/wno-lulu-and-cunning-little-vixen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George aka OperaCreep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Oke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cunning Little Vixen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Pountney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Boyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lothar Koenigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Bjørnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marie Arnet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natascha Petrinsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Orr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hoare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Bevan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh National Opera]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend had my first live experience of Welsh National Opera and I am delighted to report back I was left with the impression that this may be the finest regional company in the UK. Their programming under the directorship of David Pountney has been inspired and was intrigued by the pairing of his brand [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operacreep.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16184237&#038;post=5622&#038;subd=operacreep&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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