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The week in classical: Lohengrin; The Paradis Files

An exemplary revival brings David Alden’s 2018 Wagner production into sharp focus. And an overlooked contemporary of Mozart’s is celebrated by Errollyn Wallen

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

The Paradis Files review – Graeae and Wallen breathe life into a woman of spirit and courage

The story of the blind composer, singer and business woman Maria Theresia von Paradis is told in this lively but uneven chamber opera by Errollyn Wallen

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

‘People were always trying to fix her’: the ‘blind enchantress’ who wowed Mozart

Maria Theresia von Paradis’s piano bewitched the Viennese court – but she was tormented by quacks proffering remedies she didn’t need. Now a disabled theatre team are turning her life into opera

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022