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...Ben Wilson Ngassan, spokesman for the G-16 civil society group opposed to the constitutional change, spoke of a “feeling of dread” in CAR over any weakening of the Wagner force, as it would leave the capital...
...“For now, investors are awaiting a sense of direction, and the data points will offer some clarity,” said Shanti Kelemen, chief investment officer at M&G Wealth....
...involving other domestic opponents to the war) or a major military conflict (e.g. with Ukraine), leading to the destruction of oil infrastructure....
...Stormzy headlines alongside The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Haim, with strong supporting acts Jayda G and singer-songwriters Angel Olsen and Tove Lo....
...Miles Johnson had a fascinating investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group and its sanctions-evasion network in Africa and beyond....
...Paeans to its loveliness have flowed from the pens of Mary Shelley and Stendhal; it has inspired Liszt and Wagner; Verdi wrote La traviata on its shores....
...It goes on to provide a brief list of IAM problems: These models have crucial flaws that make them close to useless as tools for policy analysis: certain inputs (e.g. the discount rate) are arbitrary, but...
...Popular choices might include Beethoven’s string quartets, Wagner’s operas, or (if a long stay was in prospect) Bach’s 200-plus cantatas....
...He eschewed the obvious crowd-pleasers, instead choosing sonatas such as the G major, Kk260, with its zany harmonies....
...For instance, its Spätlesen (or late-harvest) will not have more than 70 g/l residual sugar....
...registry, and the end of birthright citizenship for children born to immigrants—led many pundits to conclude that his campaign was giving voice to the extreme “right wing fringe” of the Republican Party (e.g....
...How about a G-sharp? Maybe an A? Perhaps a C?’ ” When it came to producing ideas, however, he was nothing if not efficient....
...“In attendance during only a portion of the term,” the headmaster, H G Abel, notes on the report; when talking to Michael Parkinson, Bronowski recalled that he came to London with just two words of English...
...“For Warren G Harding, the summer of 1927 was not a good one, which was perhaps a little surprising since he had been dead for nearly four years by then.” Excellent....
...For more ‘All the Best’ round-ups from Andrew Clark: La traviata Handel’s Messiah Mahler symphonies Lutoslawski Sergiu Celibidache Wagner’s Ring Carlos Kleiber Delius Goldberg Variations...
...Friedelind Wagner: Richard Wagner’s Rebellious Granddaughter, by Eva Rieger, translated by Chris Walton, Boydell Press, RRP£30 While her brothers Wieland and Wolfgang served the Nazis and hoarded the “gold...
...There are few great female diarists, but Cosima Wagner (1837-1930), second wife of the composer Richard Wagner, had the necessary leisure to be a great one – though she always felt rushed off her feet, rereading...
...Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth, by Oliver Hilmes, Yale RRP£25 Liszt’s daughter became not just Wagner’s second wife but high priestess of the Wagnerian cult, surviving the composer for nearly 50 years...
...Tuesday’s programme at Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Música comprises Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg, Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2....
...It will be the first time Paris Opera has performed Wagner’s epic cycle since 1957. Das Rheingold runs until March 28....
...Barbara Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G....
...Sue Wagner, BlackRock, COO Padmasree Warrior, Cisco Chief Technology OfficerSince 2007, previously Motorola Labs Susan Wojcicki, Google Product Management vice presidentSince 2002, previously Intel....
...Mackerras recalls that as a schoolboy in Australia he knew all the G&S operas by heart, and played Ko-Ko (The Mikado) as a boy soprano....
...The G-20 husband problem will then be replicated at company meetings and business events worldwide....
...But thanks to his G&S experience he knew how to play funny and sinister at the same time – a gift he deployed to notable effect as Méphistophèles in Gounod’s Faust....
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