Bravo for Wexford and Romeo

Wexford Opera Festival Wexford, Ireland, until 2 Nov I Capuleti e I Montecchi/ Of Thee I Sing Grand Theatre, Leeds, until 1 Nov, then touringWexford used to be the home of lost operatic causes. Each October since 1951, the pretty Irish waterfront town has staged a festival of little-known works in the cramped confines of its antique Theatre Royal. Like the audience, and the sets, the conductor had to enter down the aisle, there being no other way to reach the pit. It was all part of Wexford's c...

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