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Thwarted Pathos

Giannandrea Poesio G iselle is arguably one of the most revisited classics of the 19th-century repertoire. The story of the peasant girl who becomes a vengeful spirit because of......

Glimpse Of The Eternal

Ursula Buchan W e all have our own ideas about what constitutes a thing of beauty. It may be the opalescent lustre on a seashell, or the curve of a child's eyelash, or even the......