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Martha Argerich and Dong Hyek Lim at the Royal Festival Hall Decadent & modernist: I chat to director Max Hoehn & designer Darko Petrovic about working on the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon’s first staging of Wagner’s Tannhäuser for 30 years Drama & presence: Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Barbican with Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen, Nick Pritchard & Alex Rosen Andrew Downes’ “A St Luke Passion” (and other choral works) An “authentic” Rigoletto in Paris: Le Cercle d’Harmonie triumphs

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Slipped Disc June 3, 2024

Violinist carries torch

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Violinist carries torch

The French violinist Renaud Capucon carried the Olympic torch at Niort yesterday on its latest leg towards Paris.

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