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Poulenc's Opera

••1% COVENT GARDEN'S offering of N Poulenc's The Carmelites for its / morally obligatory new work this re e - season is a frivolous luxury that , dei is hard to accept with a......

Contemporary Arts

Ceremonial Art IN recent years the art of the seventeenth century has become increasingly a focus of historical scrutiny and research. Of course, the great figures of the time-......