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The strategy of arm-twisting allies to spend more is painfully inadequate
The programme for the opening concert featured works by the two composers, plus an intriguing new opera
US president’s bailout is meeting resistance from unexpected sources, says John Dizard
An entertaining modern dress production of Handel’s work
Many voice ‘disappointment’ but global green energy shift expected to continue
A powerful piece from the Australian contemporary circus group Circa
Michael Tippett’s oratorio ‘A Child of Our Time’, inspired by Nazi Germany, feels as topical as ever
Delibes’ exotic opera is played and sung well, but this production lacks drama and passion
Mike Leigh’s comfortably English production features a cast with no weaknesses
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