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‘Travesty’ in Opera: breeches roles and gender reversals

Thursday 12th November '15

In early Italian Opera, from the 1600’s until about 1800, many operatic roles were written for castrati. Recently more men have been trained as countertenors to sing these roles, however it is often women who …

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30th September: Himalayas concert, Alexander Faris obituary & Iestyn Davies on Farinelli

Wednesday 30th September '15

Classical News In today's news, Iestyn Davies discusses the challenges of being Farinelli, and the Royal Northern College of Music launches its first ever four-year BMus in popular music. Also, Coady Green reports on a unique …

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20th July: Sheep, Grants and Plinths

Friday 20th July '12

Arts Journal- Slipped Disc  Why Madrid pulled the plug on Barenboim: the full story  Barenboim’s Madrid concert is cancelled…. Pianist in blasphemy trial issues defiant dance video The composer and pianist Fazil Say has written “Dance” a new …

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