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La culture reste un point de repère essentiel dans ce contexte marqué par la pandémie. La Délégation de l’Union européenne maintient le Festival du Film Européen, un de ses plus importants rendez-vous culturels à l’Ile

4% raise included in Fredericksburg proposed budget for fiscal 2022 The Fredericksburg City Council is currently looking over the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. If the council approves the budget, public schools in Fredericksburg will receive $30.4 million in funds to support school operations. A portion, about $1.8 million, will go toward a 4% raise for city teachers. This would also include associated tax and retirement benefits. Initially, a 5% salary increase had been proposed for te...

Opera North’s Fidelio at Leeds town hall. Photograph: Richard H Smith Beethoven’s 250th birthday finally arrived last week. We shouldn’t mind, for his sake, that so many brilliantly planned celebrations worldwide had to be spiked. There’s been enough Beethoven in the air, and on air – notably Donald Macleod’s year-spanning Composer of the Week on BBC Radio 3 – to confirm this unknowable genius as a fountainh...

Fidelio, Opera North online review - less is really more | reviews, news & interviews Fidelio, Opera North online review - less is really more Fidelio, Opera North online review - less is really more Adaptation leaves Beethovens music in all its glory by Robert BealeMonday, 14 December 2020 Space to act and interact: soloists, orchestra and chorus in Opera Norths Fidelio from Leeds Town HallAll images by Richard H Smith Adaptability is the name of the game for big companies in ...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 05.54 EST Opera North’s Fidelio went ahead in the teeth of the region’s tight pandemic restrictions. The concert performance, recorded in an empty Leeds Town Hall and available to stream, proved much more than merely a victory over challenging circumstances. The musical lineup had always looked pretty special on anyone’s terms, and the musicians duly delivered a gripping operatic experience in which every aspect of the show seemed to come together...