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Opera

Verdi's Requiem (Coliseum) Irresistible force Michael Tanner I t still isn't uncommon to hear Verdi's Requiem being disapproved of for being too dramatic, or theatrical, the......

Television

Accuracy problem Simon Hoggart L e Real Alan Clark (Channel 4) began with the sonorous words, 'In his celebrated diaries, Tory politician Alan Clark por- trayed himself as an......