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...The warlord’s fiery fall from grace is also living proof that Putin’s assault on the truth will continue unabated until his time in office ends....
...Pro-Wagner Telegram channels reported that just a few dozen people attended the burial — with no Wagner fighters in attendance....
...For opera fans in attendance, 24-year-old Bumbry’s performance as Venus in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the 1961 Bayreuth Festival marked the moment a star was born....
...Additional contributions by Grace Ramos and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...Additional contributions by Benjamin Wilhelm and Grace Ramos...
...As Laura Battle notes (Obituaries, May 13), Grace Bumbry broke through the race barrier at Bayreuth when she assumed the role of Venus in Wagner’s Tannhäuser....
...The other indication I got is that Prigozhin appears to have believed that things are broadly OK and that he’d be able to get back into Putin’s good graces at some point....
...March 14 to 29; further information and tickets here Chris Botti, Blue Note Tokyo Following his end-of-year residency at Blue Note New York, Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Chris Botti will grace...
...March 29 to 31; further information and tickets here Events and festivals Dior Pre-Fall Collection Show Kim Jones’s pre-fall menswear designs are set to grace Hong Kong in March. March 23....
...Performances from Emeli Sandé, Grace Jones, Candi Staton and Thundercat, combined with camping on the grounds of a 16th-century estate in the Sussex village of Glynde, make this a particularly appealing...
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...What else we’re reading Wagner Inc: a Russian warlord and his lawyers As founder of the private mercenary operation known as the Wagner Group, which offers muscle to dictators and has waged war in the Middle...
...Take a break from the news After years spent as a “bottle brunette”, Grace Cook decided to reclaim her identity as a blonde and love her natural hair....
...Ray Charles, Édith Piaf and Grace Jones all performed at Forte’s Capannina club where, local legend goes, the Negroni cocktail was first concocted for Count Negroni....
...But China’s view is, you know, the enemy of my enemy is grace is very useful here....
...“The ritual was a saving grace and allowed me to evolve my own style,” he adds....
...The novel starts as office drama — Nella, 26, is thrilled when Hazel joins Wagner Books, hoping to make friends with the “other black girl” in a white liberal Manhattan publishing firm — but dives into bolder...
...Perhaps those Verdi and Wagner operas are already taking their toll, as there are rough edges where Kaufmann's tenor strives to engage with grace and beauty on a small scale....
...Though there are high-profile black editors, notably British Vogue’s Edward Enninful and Lindsay Peoples Wagner at Teen Vogue, the fashion industry is still disproportionately white....
...He had a brutal final year that saw a high-profile fall from grace, an advanced cancer diagnosis and steadily declining health....
...In his book American Grace, Harvard sociology professor Robert Putnam documents the extraordinary power of faith communities to generate social capital....
...The first account of Oppenheimer comes from Sam Casals, a military intelligence officer tasked with snooping on the scientist’s private life; we hear from Grace Goodman, who is in the Women’s Army Corps...
...Christian Gerhaher brings even more exactitude to the role of Amfortas, singing every letter of his text with love and lending the whole exceptional formal grace....
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