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...In London, the Royal Academy cracks out an important Francis Bacon retrospective for the start of the year while the newly reopened Courtauld Institute — whose revamp has been pretty much universally lauded...
...Billed as a tribute to Francis Bacon, the piece intermittently references the painter, with silent screams among the corps de ballet and bursts of violence in one pas de deux....
...Varduhi Abrahamyan rattles off Polinesso’s thankless contralto runs with true style and Amanda Forsythe (Dalinda) is the discovery of the evening: songbird voice, impeccable tuning and, like so many Americans...
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