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John Dobson obituary

Stalwart opera singer who clocked up more than 2,000 performances in around 90 roles at Covent Garden

The Guardian - UK

Nerubashenko Ballet presents Swan Lake at Manchester Opera House, reviewed

"Wearing beautiful white tutus, the dancers became elegant, bird-like creatures as they moved across the stage."

Manchester Evening News

Brünnhilde’s Dream: how our new show turned Wagner’s heroine from icon to everywoman

Wotan’s daughter isn’t the most obvious person to speak for the sisterhood, but this new music production gives her a new voice

Evening Standard

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English National Ballet Swan Lake at the London Coliseum review: being the heir is no feather bed either

Derek Deane’s plush production asks much of its dancers, but they delivered on the night

Evening Standard

All Creatures Great and Small star joins vet to get real-life experience treating animals

Actor Nicholas Ralph has now had some real-life experience treating all creatures great and small after spending time with a real vet - and he found it fascinating

Daily Mirror

The week in classical: The Ring of the Nibelung; Berlin Philharmonic/ Fischer review – a human experiment

Outstanding performances can’t save Tcherniakov’s new Ring, complete with live rabbits, from closing to a barrage of boos…

The Guardian - UK

Grandma had just died and I was far from home. Then I had a drink – and the pain vanished

Lonely and heartbroken, I first tasted beer at the age of 14. Decades later, after consuming enough alcohol to fill a petrol tanker, I realised it was time to cut back

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The Simpsons predictions for 2023 that will give you chills

The long-running series has famously built a reputation for forecasting our future.

Irish Mirror

The best podcasts of 2022 so far

From the astounding story of magicians Siegfried and Roy to an addictive series on our obsession with reality TV, here’s the most essential listening from the last six months

The Guardian - UK

Siegfried review – heft and heroics as Longborough again proves its Wagner chops

With a strong cast including Bradley Daley, Paul Carey Jones’s Wotan and Julieth Lozano’s delightful Woodbird, any weaknesses in the staging were more than compensated for

The Guardian - UK

All Creatures Great and Small at 50: why these stories about a country vet still charm today

When Mum was pregnant with me, Dad bought her a paperback copy of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small because it was an easy, pleasant read. I read my mother’s Pan paperback copy, with its cover image of sheep, farmers, and the vet’s vintage car, when I was growing…

The Conversation

Swan Lake; Phantoms: A Triple Bill review – high emotion all round

Vadim Muntagirov stars in the late Liam Scarlett’s reworking of a Russian classic. And Mark Bruce’s new work needs less drama, more dance

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: the wild story of Siegfried and Roy’s near-death tiger attack

Smuggled cheetahs, counter-terror cops and Grace Kelly feature in the Wild Things podcast which profiles the outrageous career of the world-famous illusionists. Plus: Stephen Fry looks at brains

The Guardian - UK

Best Channel 5 dramas — all the must-see TV shows to watch on 5

5 has plenty of brilliant dramas to sink your teeth into.

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