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Insufferable rubbish: Glyndebourne’s Hipermestra reviewed
Anyone who thinks they have experienced absolute boredom, or even doubts that such a state can exist, should go to…
Three ways not to do tragicomedy: English Touring Opera reviewed
‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…
Has there ever been a better time to be a lover of Baroque opera?
Time was when early music was a 6 p.m. concert, Baroque began with Bach and ended with Corelli’s Christmas Concerto,…
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