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...‘Der Rosenkavalier’ opens at the Royal Opera House, London, on December 17, roh.org.uk Photographs: Angela Weiss/AFP; Rob Carr/Getty; Bill Cooper...
...Josie Rourke’s direction is low-key and Robert Glenister’s performance disarming in a sombre way, until you finally get all those little niggles arranged in a line and it becomes blindingly obvious....
...I hope no such fate befalls last year’s if.comeddies Best Newcomer, the delightful Josie Long....
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