Michael Tanner

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Katya Kabanova<br /> Opera Holland Park The Mask of Orpheus, Act II<br /> Proms

issue 22 August 2009

Katya Kabanova
Opera Holland Park

The Mask of Orpheus, Act II
Proms

I took yet another amazed Londoner to the Opera Holland Park production of Janacek’s Katya Kabanova — he was amazed not only by the pleasant comfort of the place, but also by the standard of the performance, which would have been a credit to any opera house in the world.

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