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Article: Breathing new life into baroque; Opera has returned to Birmingham's Barber Institute. Christopher Morley reports.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 24, 2009
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Byline: Christopher Morley
Despite its recent highly successful refurbishment, something has still been lacking in the delightful little chamber-theatre which lies at the heart of Birmingham University's Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
But now that omission has been rectified with the revival of the wonderful tradition which is the Barber Opera.
The idea of mounting an annual production of a baroque opera came from the then Professor of Music, Anthony Lewis, at a time when such events were still very much an unknown quantity in this country. His ...