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	<title>Comments on: Offenbach Double-Treat in London: “La belle Hélène” and “Orpheus in the Underworld”</title>
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		<title>By: john groves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john groves]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris: I remember your father so well: his singing and acting in all his roles was so stylish and he had a most unusual yet very attractive tenor voice, as his Sadlers&#039; Wells recordings demonstrate. I must have been all of 13 or 14 years of age when I first saw/heard him and even without the aid of recordings I can still recall his stage personality.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris: I remember your father so well: his singing and acting in all his roles was so stylish and he had a most unusual yet very attractive tenor voice, as his Sadlers&#8217; Wells recordings demonstrate. I must have been all of 13 or 14 years of age when I first saw/heard him and even without the aid of recordings I can still recall his stage personality.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Miller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noted reference to my late father Kevin Miller. I’m pleased there are still references to the 1960s productions by Sadlers Wells and he would be pleased that the latest productions are continuing to keep the music alive and relevant... and entertaining!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I noted reference to my late father Kevin Miller. I’m pleased there are still references to the 1960s productions by Sadlers Wells and he would be pleased that the latest productions are continuing to keep the music alive and relevant&#8230; and entertaining!</p>
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		<title>By: John Groves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Groves]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 08:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, Christopher, I can&#039;t as it was just one of several quotes in the excellent programme. I chose Benjamin&#039;s because I thought it was the one that Kevin Clark would most agree with! By the way, do try to see the 1960&#039;s telecast of Sadler&#039;s Wells&#039; La Belle Helene on YouTube - 80 minutes of heaven even if some musical numbers are shortened. The enunciation is superb!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, Christopher, I can&#8217;t as it was just one of several quotes in the excellent programme. I chose Benjamin&#8217;s because I thought it was the one that Kevin Clark would most agree with! By the way, do try to see the 1960&#8242;s telecast of Sadler&#8217;s Wells&#8217; La Belle Helene on YouTube &#8211; 80 minutes of heaven even if some musical numbers are shortened. The enunciation is superb!</p>
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		<title>By: Christopher P Weber</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher P Weber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a wonderful review of what sounds like a great show, or rather two of them. I&#039;d love to read more of that Walter Benjamin quote, so feel free to post a link to his original words on the subject.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a wonderful review of what sounds like a great show, or rather two of them. I&#8217;d love to read more of that Walter Benjamin quote, so feel free to post a link to his original words on the subject.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Clarke (Opera della Luna)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Clarke (Opera della Luna)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I read the review with interest, but there is one point on which I must take issue with you. 

The review says: &quot;It was a shame that the 2015 satirical English lyrics about David Cameron now seem dated! Surely a revised version could have been put together for this revival?&quot; 

The song was about David Cameron being the villain of the whole Brexit debacle for having called the referendum in the first place, and has been much applauded as such.  The referendum was called in 2016. How could this have possibly been in the 2015 satirical version?
 
This revised version was indeed put together for this revival. David Cameron has been conspicuous by his absence in any post Referendum debates. This song was a very apposite acknowledgement that the whole blame for this Brexit mess should be put at his door. Furthermore, the lines that brought the house down every night, and everyone has noted are these:

&quot;And I became a social hermit
And my reward I knew too well:
For Donald Tusk can now confirm it
I have a special place in hell!&quot;

Donald Tusk made that infamous speech on February 6th this year!Hardly dated! (In fact in the 2015 production, this song was about Greece being in the Euro, or not.....)

I do not take issue with any impressions your reviewer records of his reaction to the production, but to make such a factual error as to think a song about the Referendum could have been written a year before it took place, is very poor reviewing, and unworthy of your admirable website.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read the review with interest, but there is one point on which I must take issue with you. </p>
<p>The review says: &#8220;It was a shame that the 2015 satirical English lyrics about David Cameron now seem dated! Surely a revised version could have been put together for this revival?&#8221; </p>
<p>The song was about David Cameron being the villain of the whole Brexit debacle for having called the referendum in the first place, and has been much applauded as such.  The referendum was called in 2016. How could this have possibly been in the 2015 satirical version?</p>
<p>This revised version was indeed put together for this revival. David Cameron has been conspicuous by his absence in any post Referendum debates. This song was a very apposite acknowledgement that the whole blame for this Brexit mess should be put at his door. Furthermore, the lines that brought the house down every night, and everyone has noted are these:</p>
<p>&#8220;And I became a social hermit<br />
And my reward I knew too well:<br />
For Donald Tusk can now confirm it<br />
I have a special place in hell!&#8221;</p>
<p>Donald Tusk made that infamous speech on February 6th this year!Hardly dated! (In fact in the 2015 production, this song was about Greece being in the Euro, or not&#8230;..)</p>
<p>I do not take issue with any impressions your reviewer records of his reaction to the production, but to make such a factual error as to think a song about the Referendum could have been written a year before it took place, is very poor reviewing, and unworthy of your admirable website.</p>
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