Hints and tips:
...Al Mercante Via Cesare Cantù, 7, 20123 Milan Good for: Variety of food and atmosphere Not so good for: Going unnoticed at lunch time FYI: Best to reserve....
...Away from the historic centre, Cesare is an easy tram ride on the reliable number eight from Piazza Venezia to the end of the line at Casaletto....
...The Cleopatra was Rosemary Joshua, looking svelte and sounding expressive, and Cornelia was Christianne Stotijn, who alone was left to underplay her role....
...He is survived by Rosemary Pickering, his second wife, whom he married in 1976, and by a son of his first marriage and a daughter of the second. A son of his second marriage predeceased him....
...Nicholas Hytner first did it for Giulio Cesare in a landmark production for the Paris Opera in 1987; David McVicar followed suit last year at Glyndebourne with a Bollywood version....
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