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Sophie Motley has set the Goethe story behind Massenet’s 1892 opera in an electrifying rural Ireland
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It’s opening night at Wexford Festival Opera, and there is much for a novice to learn: don’t touch the intermission drinks, tiny binoculars are not the done thing, and don’t mess with an Italian’s headwear
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