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New visions of a darkening world
While Europe reeled from social upheaval after the first world war, avant-garde artists from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland revelled in radical styles and bold political statements, writes Claire Holland
The Rake’s Progress, Royal Opera House, London
Lepage’s production gives us some brilliant stage pictures, writes Richard Fairman
An Honest Jon’s Chop Up!, Barbican, London
Damon Albarn jumped around like Pete Townshend, writes David Honigmann
Romeo and Juliet/Mark Morris Dance Group, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
The Nurse is altogether too young and flirtatious, writes Hilary Ostlere
Fidelio, Beijing Concert Hall
Jiang Yong was as charmingly lyrical as Liu Yue was robust, writes Ken Smith
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