The seal that went to the opera

The seal that went to the opera

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norman lebrecht

October 02, 2014

A semi-aquatic marine mammal, unable to find entertainment in the deep, has taken up residence on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

Anyone casting a pinniped in Puritani?

 

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photos: ABC/John Donegan

Comments

  • Halldor says:
    October 2, 2014 at 11:29 am

    Time for a revival of Granville Bantock’s “The Seal Woman”?

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  • Neil McGowan says:
    October 2, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    Dvorak’s Rusalka, perhaps? R Strauss’s opera Die ägyptische Helena requires a singing seashell.

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  • Halldor says:
    October 2, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals.
    This one will run and run…

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  • Francois says:
    October 2, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    Sealome?

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  • Martin Anderson says:
    October 3, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    To be accurate, it ought to be La Furseal del Destino.

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