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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20071229
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The Opera

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Grand Theatre, LeedsIn rep until 26 January; then touring to 8 March

The Hackney-based composer Jonathan Dove and his long-time librettist Alasdair Middleton have adapted Carlo Collodi's classic fairy tale into a surreal piece of music theatre. Victoria Simmonds stars as the mischievous wooden puppet hero, with Jonathan Summers as his long-suffering father and Rebecca Bottone as Cricket in Martin Duncan's production.

"With Middleton, Dove has fashioned an opera, which, from the glittering opening chord and the appearance on stage of a singing log, cannot ...

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