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When Boris isn’t Godunov – by Jack Buckley

14/08/202024/03/2016 by Jack Buckley

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: direct transmission from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London at the Cinema Barberini, Rome, 21.3.2016 with the Chorus (Renato Balsadonna) and Orchestra of the ROH, Conductor Antonio Pappano. (JB)

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Categories Featured Articles and News, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review, UK Opera Tags Jack Buckley, London 1 Comment

John Cranko’s Genius Remembered in Three Part Tribute

11/03/202319/03/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom A Tribute to John Cranko: Ivy House Music and Dance, JW3: London Jewish Cultural Centre, London, 13.3.2016, (JO’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Featured Articles and News Tags John O'Dwyer, London 1 Comment

Entering the Eclectic Universe of Pianist Stephen Hough

23/04/202511/01/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Entering the Eclectic Universe of Pianist Stephen Hough

Stephen Hough

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From Havana, a Snapshot of Cuban Music

21/01/202023/12/2015 by Rafael De Acha

From Havana, a Snapshot of Cuban Music

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The Pianist of Willesden Lane to Receive UK Première

14/08/202021/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

The UK première of The Pianist of Willesden Lane opens at the St. James’s Theatre London on 20 January 2016 and runs until 27 February.

Pianist of Willesden Lane
Mona Golabek as a Jewish teenager who escapes the Nazis in The Pianist of Willesden Lane at 59E59 Theaters
(c) Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC. 30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015

21/07/201618/09/2015 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC. 30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015

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Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC.
30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015

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The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member

10/07/201801/07/2015 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member

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The Pleasures of Being Seriously Crackers

21/01/202011/05/2015 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me by Sofka Zinovieff Jonathan Cape, London. 436pp £25.00 (jacket price)

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