Hints and tips:
...Rossini’s Barber was the first canonical bel canto hit....
...It has changed hands several times, for a while held successfully by the FT’s Nicholas Lander and then with arguably less panache by the Marco Pierre White empire....
...But if there has been a catalyst for the movement, it is surely Nicholas McGegan, who has directed the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for 29 years with distinction....
...The copious dinner menus range from £30 per head to the tasting menu with the tournedos Rossini at £60....
...I’ve finished Boris Johnson’s and — as recommended to me by Sir Nicholas Soames — have just started the one by Roy Jenkins....
...The fast music had the agility one would expect of a singer equally adept at Rossini....
...Apart from Nicholas Folwell’s properly Italianate Bartolo, the other singers come from a more ordinary world....
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