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...of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Parker’s quip recalls the shapely Bloomsbury set / From John Ure, Singapore...
...The veteran Anne Sofie von Otter exerts authority as Public Opinion. ★★★☆☆ ‘Simon Boccanegra’ to August 29, ‘Orphee’ to August 30, salzburgerfestspiele.at...
...Fagerlund and Hemming’s conception is superbly served by John Storgårds’ conducting and by the broad, pregnant open spaces of Stéphane Braunschweig’s unaffectedly contemporary set....
...and Iestyn Davies as possibly incestuous siblings, Christine Rice and the ever-characterful John Tomlinson....
...Love from Boy: Roald Dahl’s Letters to His Mother, edited by Donald Sturrock, John Murray, RRP£20, 336 pages...
...Anne Sofie von Otter does not have the vocal punch for Begbick but is vivid as a Cruella de Vil clone....
...But even though the Arctic region is famous for its pitch-black thrillers (Fortitude, the upcoming Sky Atlantic drama featuring The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl being the most anticipated), it is emerging also...
...The result is an epic work, directed by John Dove and starring James Garnon as Gillies. SH shakespearesglobe.com, 020 7401 9919, to October 10...
...The popular Queen’s Hall morning recitals include appearances by Anne Sofie Von Otter (Monday) and the Pavel Haas Quartet (Thursday)....
...●BNP Paribas Securities Services, the global custodian, has hired Anne-Sofie Strandberg from Citi as a business development manager for Scandinavia....
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...John Lloyd is an FT contributing editor....
...Recent classical commissions include work with the opera singers Renée Fleming and Anne Sofie von Otter....
...Anne Sofie von Otter complements her as a sympathetic, stoic, quietly powerful Countess Geschwitz....
...Guth’s achievement – and that of his designers Christian Schmidt (décor) and Anna Sofie Tuma (costumes) – is to lend Mozart’s “school for lovers” a contemporary sheen without stretching credibility or denying...
...Anne Sofie von Otter introduced the problematic contrast of a lightweight, soft-toned Brangäne....
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...Bruce Donnell’s nondescript production finds good work from John Fiore in the pit....
..."Turn disadvantage to advantage," suggests John Zogby, the political pollster. "She can say 'I was the good guy here....
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