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Radio Solent,4 mins
Behind the scenes of Dorset's new opera
Available for over a year
A new opera premiered at the Dorset Opera Festival this year to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Under The Greenwood Tree is based on a Thomas Hardy novel based in the fictional Dorset village of Melstock. Reporter Angharad Riddoch has been for a peek behind the curtains with director and composer Paul Carr, set designer Rufus Martin, lead Soprano Jamie Groote and lead Baritone Felix Kemp.
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