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Barber's mysterious "Vanessa" enthrals at Glyndebourne

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Video. Barber's mysterious "Vanessa" enthrals at Glyndebourne

Updated: 10/08/2018 - 12:02 GMT+2

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A dark story full of secrets: "The American composer Samuel Barber won for his first opera "Vanessa" the Pulitzer Prize. The masterpiece from the 1950s is now on stage at the Glyndebourne Festival.

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