Victorian Opera announces its 2023 season
Two world premieres, Mozart, and Shostakovich's hilarious operetta feature in Richard Mills' swansong season.
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Two world premieres, Mozart, and Shostakovich's hilarious operetta feature in Richard Mills' swansong season.
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