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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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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Leos Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, which premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1924, is based on a cartoon strip, which appeared in a daily Brno newspaper. There are two worlds: an animal world a ...
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