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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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