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From: Opera Canada | Date: December 22, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE

IN AUGUST, THE VICTORIA STATE OPERA presented four opera productions, all new to that city, although two of them had been staged elsewhere, including the rightly renowned Nicholas Hytner version of Xerxes, which was created by English National Opera in 1985 to mark the 300th anniversary of Handel's birth. This proved to be the highlight of the VSO season, not only for the inherent merits of the production itself, but for the first-rate performances turned in by Elizabeth Campbell in the title role and counter-tenor Graham Pushee as Arsamenes, as well ...

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