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...In adapting Sophocles’ play, Strauss’s librettist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, achieved a remarkable synthesis of ancient Greek tragedy and the science of psychology that was developing in the first decade of...
...The outstanding feature of Berg’s Violin Concerto was the skill with which Jurowski sifted the complex orchestral parts, allowing Vilde Frang’s solo violin always to have prominence....
...The first night features two pieces from Bruckner and Berg; the second celebrates Paul Hindemith and Richard Strauss; the third is Mahler’s Symphony No 9. March 1, 2 and 3....
...He was thrilled by opera — he knew Richard Strauss’s Modernist milestones Salome and Elektra by heart (“I told you I was a strange child!”), and at 13 discovered Alban Berg’s Wozzeck....
...These are shown alongside paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Valentin de Boulogne and Bartolomeo Manfredi, among others....
...Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World by Richard Cockett Yale £25, 464 pages Austria Behind the Mask: Politics of a Nation since 1945 by Paul Lendvai Hurst £30, 232 pages Sam Jones is...
...The late Polish-born pope John Paul II was fond of saying that Europe ought to breathe with two lungs, eastern and western....
...However, one of his last acts as pope was an attempt to restore order at the Vatican bank by appointing Ernst von Freyberg, a German lawyer and financier, as its new head....
...That’s difficult for a private individual,” says Pauls....
...The ownership of the estate can be traced back as far as 1521 when it was entrusted by Henry VIII to the diplomat Sir Richard Weston....
...Ursula von der Leyen, commission president, promised an EU-wide ethics regulator when she took office in 2019 but has yet to publish a proposal....
...The season’s opening event, a piano recital by Paul Lewis, filled the seats that were on sale....
...We took caravans of 4x4s out to the sere expanse of the Brouq nature reserve to be awestruck by Richard Serra’s East-West/West-East – four steel monoliths, spanning a kilometre of white sand between two...
...Women composers are prominent throughout this year’s festival, so Tallis’s Lamentations of Jeremiah find a counterpart in the spirituality of Hildegard von Bingen....
...“We will not rob Peter to pay Paul,” Ms de Montchalin said, stressing that both parts of the package were vital....
...“Every episode [has] to be about something new and presented in an exciting way,” pronounced story editor Richard Bates ambitiously, buoyed by the era’s lust for novelty....
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has moved the date when 70 per cent of the EU adult population would be vaccinated forward from September to July....
...As a result, the combined consumer and retail practice will be led by Financo’s chief executive John Berg....
...Paul Magnette, firebrand socialist and designated “informer” over coalition talks to the King, has asked for more time after a Monday deadline elapsed. Mr Magnette’s mission now has until December 9....
...Paul Hudson, chief executive of Sanofi, the French pharma company, hit out today at Europe’s lack of urgency in helping industry develop a Covid-19 vaccine and the consequences of letting the US take the...
...The Fashion Illustration Gallery also represents newer names – which, says Ling, are currently the most active part of the market – including Richard Gray, Richard Haines and Richard Kilroy, who mixes photorealism...
...Designer Paul Steinberg aims to give the set “a dreamlike quality” using the reflective floor, while the forest is intended to supply “a fairytale aspect” reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm....
...The best gift I’ve given recently was a diamond-print Olivia Von Halle pyjama set. I’ve known Olivia for years and her designs feel amazing....
...Brussels Diana Jackson Charles River Associates, London Ian Small Charles River Associates, London Dan Donath Charles River Associates, London Rainer Nitsche E.CA Economics, Berlin/Brussels Sean-Paul...
...Hudson Bay’s chairman, Richard Baker, has launched a bid to take the retailer behind Saks Fifth Avenue private....
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