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...With Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara and the Symphonic Dances from Bernstein’s West Side Story to end, conductor Domingo Hindoyan let rip his Latin American flair....
...All the big-hitters are here — a new and presumably epic production of Aida, Zeffirelli’s Carmen and Madama Butterfly, a “pyrotechnic” Il Barbiere di Siviglia and gala events with Plácido Domingo and Jonas...
...A debut collection by the new Tiffany Home artistic director, society doyenne and fashion retailer Lauren Santo Domingo, will be revealed at the grand opening....
...to have a look at her made-in-Florence jewellery — starting at £350 for a single earring stud — and you will be served a drink in a colourful glass with golden swirls made by Venetian glassmaker Laguna B,...
...All manner of commanding, full-voiced singers have taken on the title roles at the Met — Rita Gorr, Shirley Verrett, Olga Borodina, Jon Vickers, Plácido Domingo....
...Shell B rose 3.5 per cent to £17.67, BG added 2.7 per cent to £10.63 and BP rose 2.7 per cent to 378.1p....
...For Santo Domingo I drive down to NYC, visit with friends and family and then fly direct to Santo Domingo. Those flights are something of a party. What’s the first thing you do when you arrive?...
...Labour minister Mildred Oliphant said the new minimum wage level will increase to R105 per day, up from the current R69....
...In the end Meyerbeer opted for Plan B....
...Her mother, Mildred, who recently passed away, adored Cohen and would often bake him a large fruit cake....
...In this case the Viennese came to see Terfel with Plácido Domingo (“a real gentleman”), and the then fledgling Natalie Dessay. “Sometimes they would buy five tickets for a single run....
...“The core users will be institutional or high net worth investors or fund managers or entrepreneurs in the impact investing world,” says Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of B-Lab, which has been building GIIRS....
...Plácido Domingo. He performed in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra at the State Opera in Berlin in October 8....
...Domingo celebrates the 40th anniversary of his Arena debut with a concert on July 24. Runs until August 30....
...Then Domingo turned to the veteran German painter and theatre artist Achim Freyer, whose debut here in 2002 with a staging of Bach’s Mass in B minor aroused healthy debate....
...The government’s oil strategy aims to boost output to almost 6m b/d by 2012. Few analysts believe Venezuela will be able to produce anything close to that....
...One of my favourite spots in the city is a vast Photo Emporium on 9th Avenue, “B&H”....
...Four decades after Jimi Hendrix, these critics seem to find it almost daring that a black artist would choose to deal in rock rather than R’n’B or rap....
...“In fact there is also a clearly constituted Plan B made up of bright stars in the party, the government and military who have been groomed to participate actively in the succession.”...
...This month, Domingo Maza Zavala, a central bank director, said that $20m per day in oil export revenue was not being deposited....
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