Opera coincidence!
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On 11 November 2011, I went to see a performance of the Rameau opera Castor and Pollux at the ENO with a friend who had bought me a ticket as a birthday present. It was the first time ENO had ever done this opera and I believe it was the first professional production in the UK possibly ever, certainly for many years. There were just eight performances. Although we had texted/phoned each other several times since then, I had not seen her again until Saturday 14 January 2012. I would normally see her more frequently than this. Later that evening after I got home, I turned on the radio only to find that Radio 3 were broadcasting a live performance of this production on Opera on 3 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0195pkc#synopsis ). I have a vague memory from the programme that the 11 November performance was the actual one that Radio 3 recorded but I am not absolutely of this - it would be an even neater coincidence if it was. Jo
Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:08:21 +0000Coincidence ID:5198
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