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Janáček's Vixen Sharpears has been making streamlined runs between eight Irish cities and towns, no doubt winning new admirers for this…

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In his illustrious career, director Michael Waldman has profiled all manner of divas, from Elizabeth Taylor and Lord Byron to Karl…

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The legendary Jamaican-born bass Willard White made his New York City Opera breakthrough the year I was born, so he has been around a long…

In his mesmerising 2023 novel Brian, Jeremy Cooper told the story of a reclusive middle-aged council worker who is rescued from loneliness…

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