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...Clever lighting by Natasha Katz guides the eye round the vast O of the Royal Albert Hall and helps make sense of the busy libretto which can sometimes sabotage the big moments....
...In a venue the size of the Royal Albert Hall that is impressive at any time, but even more so today. The issue of whether audiences are returning to classical music after the lockdowns is a hot topic....
...December 14 to 24; further information and tickets here ‘The Nutcracker’, Royal Albert Hall The Sugar Plum Fairy is back in town....
...After that interregnum, the only period in modern British history when republicanism became a genuine threat were the years of Victoria’s seclusion following Prince Albert’s death....
...He performed at the Royal Albert Hall, captivating smaller audiences at clubs like the Bag O’Nails....
...In the vastness of the Royal Albert Hall, large-scale choral masterpieces are always a good bet....
...The late Queen often recorded Christmas speeches at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace, but also broadcast from other locations ranging from Sandringham to the Royal Albert Hall....
...The King and the Prince of Wales joined well wishers on the Albert Embankment on Saturday afternoon, shaking hands with members of the public and thanking them for their time....
...When Matthew Bourne was approached by the Royal Albert Hall to help celebrate its 150th birthday, the choreographer’s first thought was a “best of” evening “like a prom with a big orchestra and a compère...
...A route for queueing to enter the hall has been established and will stretch from Albert Embankment and along the south bank of the Thames, snaking as far as Southwark Park....
...The government said it was prepared for the queue for Westminster Hall to stretch up to 10 miles, from the Albert Embankment past the London Eye to Southwark Park in Bermondsey....
...The BBC has cancelled Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert hall while the Mercury Music Prize has also been delayed....
...Prince Albert II of Monaco is standing in his palace gardens, contemplating a sweeping vista of the country he has ruled for 17 years since the death of his father, Prince Rainier III....
...The timing of King Charles III’s coronation, in the immediate aftermath of the local polls, delayed a postmortem....
...Royal Albert Hall, December 28-31, brb.org.uk Matthew Bourne’s witty, enjoyable 1992 reworking of the Christmas favourite sets the first half in a grim Victorian orphanage and the second in a Technicolor...
...Elizabeth I (45 years on the throne), George III (almost 60 years) and Victoria (almost 64 years) all presided over periods of national and imperial expansion....
...In the 1960s, the chapel and Governor’s Hall, where inmates used to eat, housed a jazz club, casino and the “Dungeon Discotheque”....
...There were unexpected delights: the hushed, bittersweet narrative of “Beeswing” with Alistair Anderson on squeezebox; Loudon Wainwright III romping through “The Swimming Song” with Thompson on guitar; Teddy...
...Other composers include Dai Fujikura, Colin Matthews, Brett Dean and Judith Weir. The work as a whole is varied and entertaining, if not exactly celebratory....
...Top sellers are Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, joint Man Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo and Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid....
...“They could say we are the only ones who can stop Sánchez from selling Spain to the separatists,” said Sebastián Lavezzolo, a professor of political science at Carlos III University, Madrid....
...Lionel Shriver Novelist English Passengers by Matthew Kneale....
...Albert Rivera’s snub seemed to confirm his ambitions: to lead the opposition and eventually displace Mr Sánchez as prime minister....
...Three varieties were selected for inclusion; Rheum “Raspberry Red”, “Royal Albert” and the wonderfully named (and delicious tasting) “Brandycask Scarlet”....
...The ceremony, which took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall, had some political moments in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal over the sexual harassment of women in Hollywood....
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