Review: Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune (Judith van Wanroij, Mathias Vidal, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain)
Saint-Saëns’ narcotic-laced rarity charms despite dubious depiction of the Orient.
Michael Quinn is a former theatre director and BBC Radio Drama producer who writes about classical music, opera and theatre. A former Deputy Editor of Gramophone, he is obituaries editor for The Stage, booklet editor for SOMM Recordings, and programming consultant to Northern Ireland’s newest arts centre, The Portico of Ards.
Saint-Saëns’ narcotic-laced rarity charms despite dubious depiction of the Orient.
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