John Marshall obituary

My friend John Marshall, who has died of a brain aneurysm aged 49, was a natural impresario who believed passionately in "giving that sense of joy which is what I think the theatre is for". To list some of the names associated with his opera company reveals how that passion was allied to an acute perception of quality, either established or in the making. Sir Thomas Allen was president and Cara O'Sullivan, Mark Padmore, William Dazeley, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves and Katerina Karnéus are...

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