Béatrice et Bénédict: explore with Alexandra
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Love conquers all in Berlioz’s sparkling take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to Berlioz scholar Hugh MacDonald and actress Katherine Parkinson to explore the opera.
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