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Dance

Cuppelia (Royal Festival Hall) Terrific company Giannandrea Poesio D espite being an old favourite, Cop- pelia is often dismissed by some snooty dance scholars as a lesser......

Arts

A composer for our time Harry Eyres on Franz Schubert, whose bicentenary is celebrated next week Mary Evans Picture Library Franz Schubert (1797-1828) by H Totggler ° ften......

Opera

The Italian Girl in Algiers (English National Opera) What a let-down Michael Tanner E nglish National Opera's new produc- tion of Rossini's first comic masterpiece, as it's......