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Errollyn Warren: the composer shaking up the Last Night of the Proms and Purcell’s operas alike Operatic composition’s leading lady on revitalising Virgil, mixing classical and pop, and refusing to harbour identity-based ‘grievances’ 31 May 2021 • 5:00am Errollyn Warren's new opera, Dido’s Ghost, will premiere at the Barbican on June 6 Credit: BBC At last, Errollyn Wallen is having her moment in the sun. Having toiled away for decades on the fringes of contemporary classical music, always labelled “quirky”, never quite accepted, this Belize-born, London-bred composer, now 63,...

2021-04-09T14:00:00+01:00 Highlights include a residency from Sir Mark Elder, the return of the ‘Bach the European’ series and a performance of Dido and Aeneas The Royal Academy of Music is to stream 25 free performances live on YouTube in the first half of the summer term (April and May). Events launch with the Academy Symphony Orchestra performing the overture to Mozart’s  Don Giovanni, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, alongside music by Haydn and CPE Bach (13 April, 1pm). Elder’s residency ends later that week with a contrasting programme of Stravinsky, Arensky and Elgar (16 April, ...

Some dim sum for Chinese New Year? What to eat . . . and where to get it. Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Making dumplings at East New Sing Bo in Castleton Corners (Staten Island Advance File Photo) Staten Island Advance Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Think outside the takeout box for Chinese New Year as it kicks off on a rather special day in New York City — the official start to indoor dining at 25% capacity. Welcome, O Year of the Ox! If you were born in 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 or 2021, then this is your lucky year! According to Chinahighlights....

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