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...Ana Palacio, a former Spanish foreign minister, summarises: The west got a wake-up call last March, when 25 of Africa’s 54 countries abstained or didn’t participate at all in a vote on a United Nations...
...Simon Holden, who spent 18 years at the investment bank, takes on the newly created executive role in March. More here....
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...He does not always hold the chorus or ensembles together, but in general the singing is excellent, from Henk Neven’s thrilling Ubalde and Sébastien Droy’s wholesome Artémidore to Karin Strobos and Ana Quintans...
...Norman Reinhardt and Gisela Stille, both last-minute ring-ins as Tamino and Pamina, take Summers’ sluggish timings in their stride, Ana Durlovski hits all her high notes as Queen of the Night, and Daniel...
...Ana Quintans matches him as Jonathas, also growing in emotional power throughout the evening; Neal Davies is a sonorous and tormented Saul, and the rest of the cast is strong....
...Ana Durlovski’s Amina has both touching fragility and – increasingly – poetic depth....
...Job Anrantes Tomé’s Wolfram sounds overwhelmed at first, but the voice unfolds as the evening progresses, showing a surprising capacity to express both tenderness and vulnerability; and Ana Maria Pinto’s...
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