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...Coote brought a compelling throaty quality to her vocal characterisation, and Barton was forceful as the officious Marie....
...In 2010, when I created a rainforest garden with the help of gold medallist Ann-Marie Powell and three women from the Baka community to raise awareness about the pressures faced by the indigenous people...
...Parisians have been devotees since Catherine de’ Medici commissioned a scent that came to be known as Acqua della Regina (and is still sold today, from €75) on her marriage to Henry II of France in the 16th...
...• Legg Mason, the $767bn US asset manager, has hired Regina Curry as chief diversity officer. Ms Curry previously served in a similar role at McCormick & Co, the US food group....
...And did Poulenc’s climactic “Salve Regina” cast its customary spell? Not quite....
...When the curtain – yes, an old-fashioned opera-house curtain – finally descended, after the Compiègne nuns followed each other, one by one, to the guillotine while chanting the Salve Regina, the audience...
...Over the decades the role has proved a rewarding vehicle for extrovert singing-actresses such as Claramae Turner, who created it, Marie Powers, who played it on Broadway and on film, and Regina Resnik, who...
...Marie Regina Mandarin was born on December 29 1940, a descendant of slaves shipped by French colonialists to the remote islands, where they developed their own culture and language – a version of French...
...It seems strange now that when Antony Tudor was choreographing Jardin aux Lilas at the London headquarters of Ballet Rambert, Mim (Marie Rambert) seemed dead against it....
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