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Hélène and Nuit persane

19/03/2008
The Times (UK)
Sarah Urwin Jones

Saint-Saëns' Helen of Troy is the archetypal late Romantic love victim, torn between duty and desire, haunted by lush strings, troubled arias and sugar-sweet ecstatic chords. Hélène is all epic Romantic sweep... driven on with conviction by Tourniaire...