Can Tosca, the celebrated diva, famous for her jealousy, save Cavaradossi, her lover, a Republican sympathiser, from a traitor’s death and foil Scarpia, the sadistic Chief of Police? Victorien Sardou, ...
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This particular performance of the most famous ballet of the Romantic era is a very special and emotional occasion. Two nations are in mourning. The UK mourns the death of their Queen, Ukraine mourns ...
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Sep 15, 2022
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I came to Paul Ruders’ opera totally fresh, having not read Margaret Atwood’s1985 futuristic dystopian novel and neither having seen the1990 film nor the TV series. The opera premiered in Copenhagen i ...
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For much of the 19th century, Mozart’s opera (which had premiered in Vienna in 1790) was thought to be too risqué to be staged and it wasn’t until the 20th century that it regained its popularity Two ...
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