Song of courage

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Opera tenor Nicola Ugo Stame took on many roles – but proved himself a true hero du

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In her 2001 book about the city, travel writer Jan Morris famously described Trieste as ‘the meaning of nowhere’ – a place left behind by history and by its political geography. A quarter of a century

The Big Issue

War of nerves

In other circumstances, it would be heartening to see an opera getting national attention. Yet once again, the recent buzz around Covent Garden concerns politics rather than performances. The latest f

My Weekly

To the aventine

It was still dark when all the bells of Rome began to toll. Their chorus calling on the populace to wake, to pray, to work. Maddalena Viscuso looked back and saw a dawning strip which pushed against t

The Critic

All of a sudden ... it’s handel time!

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The TLS

In brief

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BBC Music Magazine

Stolen strings

Musical instruments have power, simply as things. They speak. They generate emotion. They tell stories about life, death, happiness and sadness – and about the past, which they can resurrect with curi