Overture 2012: Power and Passion
Royal Albert Hall
Julie Gilbert/Jean-Baptiste André
The Place
Triple Bill
Royal Opera House
I have to confess that the idea of 120 children and teenagers dancing to Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony did not sound particularly appealing. I have nothing against children, but their performances bore me to death.
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