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Article: The joys of forward thinking; Christopher Morley selects his classical music highlights of 2000.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- December 28, 2000
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Byline: Christopher Morley
The remarkable Chisinau National Opera from Moldova stayed in Birmingham for a week and impressed audiences with Aida, Tosca and The Marriage of Figaro (above).
Special mention must be made of Oramo's tremendous interpretation of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, a movingly successful atonement for Birmingham's under-prepared premiere 100 years ago
Whatever the pedants might say, 2000 was the natural millennium year and several musical highlights in the region reflected the fact - not least one of the countless events sponsored ...