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Pussy Riot and a young anti-Nazi protester inspire an exhilarating world premiere; an offstage stand-in steals the show in Irish National Opera’s latest elegant Vivaldi; and the LSO rallies around a much-loved conductor
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The composer’s new work, which is to receive its world premiere with the Ulster Orchestra, commemorates anti-Nazi protester Sophie Scholl
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May 4th-10th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
International opera singer and musical theatre star Rebecca Caine returns to Belfast this month with a show that takes audiences on ‘an older woman’s journey’. She tells Gail Bell that despite the toughness of her industry, she will always be grateful for being able to turn out a “decent La la la”
The year 2023 might well have been filed under the ‘extraordinarily ordinary’ category until 280 days into it.