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How to celebrate landmarks and anniversaries of great composers? Recycle the old classics or shine the spotlight on hidden gems?
According to Neil Fisher in The Times: "But if the celebrations for Purcell's 350th birthday year are being firmly pegged to his most familiar and best-loved creation, Dido and Aeneas, then this old warhorse is being newly shod. This spring brings two new productions of Purcell's Dido, and the styles couldn't be more different. In the blue corner, th