"An inspired creative team gave the many performers a stunning canvas contrasting commedia dell’artetraditions with a dazzlingly bright pastel coloured riot of zany surrealism"

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"Tom Paris clearly had enormous fun populating his white set with a series of instantly amusing giant colourful images of animals and lipstick, with bean cans, an oversized milk carton and a stuffed blue macaw among the startling array of props. In this surreal world, a huge white dog puffs on a Magritte pipe, and a stage-high cat has golden fish swimming in front of its nose."

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"Tom Paris clearly had enormous fun populating his white set with a series of instantly amusing giant colourful images of animals and lipstick, with bean cans, an oversized milk carton and a stuffed blue macaw among the startling array of props. In this surreal world, a huge white dog puffs on a Magritte pipe, and a stage-high cat has golden fish swimming in front of its nose."

- Bachtrack

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"This staging by James Bonas was perhaps dominated by the wonderfully colourful designs of Tom Paris - beautiful constructs in pastel shades, with sparkly costumes picking up just enough of the light.

It was remarkably stylish, and the complete cast and substantial chorus clearly thoroughly enjoyed themselves."

- Opera Scotland

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