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A Barber veers to male bonding

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A Barber veers to male bonding

This week’s free Opera of the Week on slippedisc.com courtesy of OperaVision,is Il barbiere di Siviglia from Stockholm. Inspired by commedia dell’arte, this production of Rossini’s comic masterpiece from Royal Swedish Opera is not only a work of sublime farce, but also a story of male friendship, class, the confrontations of generations and a young woman’s struggle for freedom.

Friday 30.08.2024 1900 CET, 1800 London, 1300 New York

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If you go down to the woods: a gender-fluid witch & an oppressive religious sect in this gripping performance of Jack Furness' intriguing take on Hänsel und Gretel from Royal Academy Opera

If you go down to the woods: a gender-fluid witch & an oppressive religious sect in this gripping performance of Jack Furness’ intriguing take on Hänsel und Gretel from Royal Academy Opera

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London college cancels ‘Palestine resistance’ concert

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A soaring Spanish voice is stilled at 90

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