Dorset Opera stage their productions in the excellent auditorium at Bryanston School, and this year saw two: Donizetti’s delightful comedy L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love); and Saint-Saëns’ hugely dramatic Samson et Delila. This latter one was more enjoyable than the recent staging of the same opera at Covent Garden — see my reviews of …

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