Performing the law

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Tense, carnal, lyrical: a new opera by Rebecca Saunders

Chagossian exiles in Crawley are not cheering the annexation of their homeland by Mauritius

Slavery and race in Revolutionary France

Platée Mathias Vidal, Zachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano) et al; La Chapelle Harmonique/ Valentin Tournet Versailles CVS153 137:47 mins (2CD) Imagine a Monty Python sendup of tragédie lyrique

TEN YEARS AGO, I was on the French Riviera for the first Lou Queernaval, an evening LGBTQ+ parade that is now part of Nice Carnival’s two-week celebration every February. Nice has been making merry at