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...The downstairs “Den” room, which I peeked into, has a terrace and a gorgeous trompe-l’oeil autumn-leaf design on the floor that made me briefly wonder if housekeeping had slacked off that day....
...Pigasse is a punk rock aficionado and self-styled enfant terrible in the Parisian finance scene, with clients including Carrefour, Sanofi, L’Oréal and Danone, as well as working with colleagues on sovereign...
...But the opera’s militarism — exemplified by an incessantly recurring march tune — limited opportunities to put them to use: the work is awash with oath-swearing and “Viva l’Italia!” sentiments....
...Photographs: Rolando Diaz; Fredrik Nilsen; Silvia Ros; Winston Wachter; Magnin-A; Long Sharp...
...Esulti pur la barbara” from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore – the most playful of the works delivered by Rolando Villazón and the promising South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza....
...(Bloomberg) Record price-fixing fine France’s competition watchdog fined L’Oreal and Unilever EUR951m for fixing the prices of household and personal care products....
...The buyback has been a possibility since Nestlé sold a chunk of its stake in L’Oréal back to the French cosmetics group in February for €6bn, but came in at the higher end of analysts’ forecasts....
...One of Lincoln’s marketing mottos was: “Always remember, the weak, meek and ignorant are always good sales targets.” Hundreds of other S&L executives were convicted. But Keating stood out....
...… Is an L-shaped sofa in a very modern London apartment acceptable?...
...Villazón in L’elisir d’amore....
...Rolando Villazón Werther (Deutsche Grammophon)...
...“The bible says the meek shall inherit the earth, but the question is will they stay meek?”, he said, arguing that it is not easy to displace a chief executive who is also chairman....
...way through L’elisir d’amore in Munich last July....
...Alongside Die schweigsame Frau, the highlight of this summer’s Munich Opera Festival was to have been three performances at the Nationaltheater of L’elisir d’amore starring Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón...
...Nemorino, the adorable bumpkin who inevitably stops the show with “Una furtiva lagrima”, was supposed to be a stellar vehicle for Rolando Villazón....
...NiceAndré Kertész The Théâtre de la Photographie de l’Image displays 100 images by the Hungarian photographer (1894-1985), often described as the father of photojournalism....
...Two stars of the opera world – Romanian-born soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón – head the cast in this latest revival of John Copley’s production....
...The lead is shared by Rolando Villazón and Ludovic Tézier, the latter also playing Albert alongside Franck Ferrari, with Kent Nagano and Jean-François Verdier conducting the Paris Opera Orchestra....
...He spent almost all his career in the City, starting in 1966 at broking firm L Messel & Co, which became part of Lehman in 1986....
...A single scene of Terry Gilliam’s hallucinatory film of F and L in LV, or a single one of Ralph Steadman’s rapturously creepy drawings (glimpsed here), is worth all the rest of Gibney’s documentary....
...The gala bore a cosy official title, Anna & Rolando Celebrate the Met. This, of course, was the Netrebko & Villazón Show....
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