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Royal Opera House (Covent Garden London England)
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, London). The original Covent Garden theatre was opened by John Rich in 1732; Handel used it for operas and oratorios, including the first London performance of Messiah, while the second half of the century saw both plays and English operas. In 1808 the theatre was... Read more |
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M. R. James
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Sir John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli , 1899-1970, English conductor and cellist, b. London. After being cellist (1920-24) in the International String Quartet, he organized the Barbirolli String Orchestra. Barbirolli held positions as conductor of the British National Opera Company (1926), the Covent Garden Opera... Read more |
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Friedrich Max M++ller
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Mary Garden
Mary Garden 1874-1967, Scottish-American operatic soprano, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, studied in Paris. Her debut (1900) occurred when she replaced, without rehearsal, the star of Charpentier's Louise, at the Opéra-Comique, Paris. In 1902 she created the role of Mélisande in Debussy's ... Read more |
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Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923, British author, b. New Zealand, regarded as one of the masters of the short story. Her original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. A talented cellist, she did not turn to literature until 1908. Her first volume of short stories, In a German Pension (1911), was not... Read more |
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antiparticle
antiparticle elementary particle corresponding to an ordinary particle such as the proton , neutron , or electron , but having the opposite electrical charge and magnetic moment. Every elementary particle has a corresponding antiparticle; the antiparticle of an antiparticle is the original... Read more |
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Spearmint
Spearmint Description Spearmint, Mentha spicata (sometimes referred to as M. viridis and M. crispa ), is a Mediterranean native known from ancient times as an herb of hospitality. In the symbolism of plants, spearmint conveys wisdom. Common names for this aromatic herb include garden mint, lamb's... Read more |
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Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave Thea Musgrave (born 1928) was a prominent Scottish-born composer whose works include operas, ballet scores, orchestral pieces, chamber music, and vocal and choral works. Her music was performed in Great Britain, Europe, and the United States. Thea Musgrave was highly regarded... Read more |
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'I won't work with jaded tenors or butterballs'; The opera world's hottest...
...Verdi season at Covent Garden. Last season...screen in the Covent Garden piazza...stickler for truth in performance...show. "I'm not interested...come back the next in sweatpants...emotions of every moment. "I do not...contain so much truth and can be... |
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"Rich, diverse, bonkers"; She once joked that she fancied Hillary Clinton and...
...day to the next. I'm getting silly...course, the truth is always...while sitting next to Burrows...discovered at 15 in Covent Garden by the same...of pivotal moments in her life...There's the moment when she was found in Covent Garden, the... |
 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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For the love of Gok
...authority loved me. But I'm not academic at all - I...the Hospital club in Covent Garden, London) meeting their...little overdressed." Next up it's Emma Jane...show it's time for the moment of truth - what have they learnt... |
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Kids these days, eh, Lord Sugar?
...witness the moment the next Susan Boyle appears, when the truth is the bits...headed for Covent Garden where it soon...See, I'm a caring, nice person." The truth will, no doubt...No, I'm 100 per cent... |
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Six Weeks in an SRO: A Slice of Minimalist Life
...that told the truth and a bed as...Illinois. The Covent was built in...of men. The Covent had several...after 10 p.m." That last...The old guy next door combined...called the Covent Garden Hotel because...spirit. For a moment in time, I... |
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My Fair Veep
...Fair Lady" moment, as teams...for her big moment at the ball...rather than a Covent Garden flower seller...world on a moment's notice...assembling a "truth squad" posse...rings at 3 a.m., will she...then spend the next few days attacking... |
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Book Festival: Wolfgang's guiding women
...be published next month on the...Getting to the truth of Mozart has...unashamedly bent the truth, painting a...On the stand next to my desk are...the ordinary moments as well as the...conductor - from Covent Garden to Chicago...had it with m |
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Carol, our lookalike London tour guide; PETERBOROUGH.(Letters)
...you a tour of Covent Garden. I hope I'm not being too...reference to I'm A Celebrity...theatre, which is next to the Savoy...excused herself a moment while she went...said: 'I'm 80 next year...whatever the truth of this equine... |
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Long road home
I `m sitting in a...genuinely arresting truth: Yo and Denny...at any given moment and you realise...streets.What I'm slowly learning...walking from Covent Garden to Charing Cross...wondering what the next subject should...angry as the next man about this... |
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A Londoner's Diary.
...know what I'm looking for...imports. If I'm feeling really...something up on the next corner. I say...because I'm not entirely...changin'. In truth, it's probably...the gripping moments of me walking...and Judy in Covent Garden and my early... |
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