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Master Of All He Surveys

Robin Holloway C ulpable (and unwonted) incuriosity to have gone so far through life placing Mozart's four canonical operas — the three da Ponte collaborations and the Magic......

No Expense Spared

Michael Tanner Pagliacci; Rusalka Royal Opera A s I walked down Floral Street on my way to the new production of Pagliacci, I saw a donkey standing by the stage door, and......