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...Even so, the most recent London Philharmonic Orchestra programme at the Royal Festival Hall was unusually adventurous....
...Lucretia’s blood, rendered with tragic precision, is leaching her life away, sticking to her chemise....
...But, busy with her own production of The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne, Shaw could not attend all rehearsals....
...done his share of Mozart and baroque opera, he would gladly do more Britten if someone gave him the chance: amazingly he has yet to be offered Peter Quint (The Turn of the Screw), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia...
...Procaccini’s is the dark side, depicting the rape of Lucretia, and Chiari’s “Perseus and Andromeda”, where the Greek hero saves the girl from a sea monster, is the light....
...The speaker is Sarah Connolly, widely recognised as one of the world’s leading mezzo-sopranos and a fixture in the concert halls and opera houses of her native England. Carmen? Really?...
...It’s reassuring to discover a down-to-earth, domestic side to the lanky, head-in-the-clouds dreamer who sings about love and loss in the world’s recital halls....
...September 4-6, Stradbally Hall, Co Laois www.electricpicnic.ie Bestival, UK A space oddity is this year’s fancy-dress theme. Live acts include Bat for Lashes, Massive Attack and Elbow....
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