'Haec dies', here performed by female vocal group Lyyra, was originally written for Easter Sunday. Likely composed for an all-female ensemble (specifically her fellow-nuns), the high register and ...

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I seem to be alone in the heresy of finding Figaro one act too long, so I was delighted to encounter this revival of David McVicar’s classic production which, unusually, engaged me to the very last ...