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Orphee, London Coliseum
Classic Cocteau film gets trademark treatment from Philip Glass
Jennifer France (right) as death
[Catherine Ashmore]
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
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GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
THE fourth and final staging of ENO's ambitious Orpheus Series is arguably the most anticipated yet.
When ENO last staged Glass, with Phelim McDermott’s production of Akhnaten earlier this year, it was a resounding success and is currently enjoying a run at New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
However its first three operas about the Orpheus legend have had mixed reviews with empty seats prompting ENO to sell tickets at half price.
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