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Opera

Idomeneo L'Etoile (Opera North) Plain • singing ho goes to 'hear' opera nowadays? Instead everyone blithely talks about 'see- ing' them — the primary force of the expe- rience......

October

ARTSDIARY A monthly selection of forthcoming events recommended by The Spectator's regular critics DANCE Royal Ballet, Covent Garden (071 240 1066), 30, 31 October. Quadruple......