Uneven Beethoven dents triumphant return to Hamer Hall
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MSO, Hamer Hall, until March 1
Celebrating the indomitable human spirit was rightly on the agenda as live audiences returned to Hamer Hall after a long, pandemic-induced absence.
Opera singer and composer Deborah Cheetham
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What better work to capture the mood than Beethovenâs
Eroica symphony? Having snaked their way into the auditorium after completing registration requirements, socially distanced music lovers probably thought nothing of the increased physical distance between them and the orchestra, such a precaution insignificant after the emotional deprivations of the past 12 months.
Uneven Beethoven dents triumphant return to Hamer Hall
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“As an opera company, we’re about as small as you can get – we’re three people running a little organisation that can bring in up to 80 people,” says Deborah Cheetham.
The founding artistic director of Short Black Opera, Cheetham is also a celebrated composer, soprano, actor and playwright; she established the company with Toni Lalich and Jess Hitchcock in 2009.
Members of the Dhungala Children’s Choir.
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