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Music
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Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along does, in fact, roll backwards. But that is the mighty genius of the show, which is currently at...
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Jonathan Miller’s La bohème at the ENO
First performed in Turin in 1896, La bohème became one of the most influential operas of the nineteenth century. But...
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David Bowie is…
The V&A’s latest blockbuster exhibition pays tribute to one of the most successful British musicians of living...
Let’s Face the Music: A Chorus Line
“A Chorus Line is a proper musical. It has glittery top hats and everything. Yet it is unlike any other musical since it shows the ugly side of its own business…”
Read more ›A Cut Above: The ENO’s Barber of Seville
It was a pleasure to see that the ENO haven’t entirely turned their backs on the more traditionally staged productions, even if they do only appear to have confidence in those Jonathan Miller has had a hand in.
Read more ›The Drapes of Wrath: La Traviata
The 1852 novel by Alexandre Dumas, La dame aux Camélias is a story of two lovers who defy social convention only to be ultimately defeated by fate and was a tale that immediately inspired Giuseppe Verdi to adapt for opera. Changing the title to La Traviata, meaning “fallen woman” his [...]
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