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Opera 

Carmen loves the men who don't love her. But when one of them weakens, disaster ensues for all involved

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Festival 

Get to know an important Chinese scholar, spend a night at the Chinese opera, or get inside the life of the German pianist and composer Clara Schumann

Tried and Tested

Opera 

A Royal Opera directorial debut finds parallels between the classical world and a modern dictatorship

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As a child he begged his parents to play an opera video. Now Gerard Jones is directing a production for the Royal Opera House

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Theatre 

Ben Duke, Paradise Lost: one man’s ambitious take on the creation myth is back in a brilliant venue, and still unmissable

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Theatre 

'Told by an Idiot' stages 'brutal comedy' I Am Thomas with lyrics by poet Simon Armitage

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Dance 

The team that brought us last year’s award-hoarding Dracula returns with a miniaturised dance version of the Odyssyey, from the Mark Bruce Company.

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Classical Music 

Violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved opens his international Mozart series in the atmospheric East End venue