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INTERVIEW - THE AUTOMATIC

THE Automatic burst onto the scene with Raoul, and followed it up with Monster.
They are from Cardiff, Wales. I interviewed Pennie, 20, as he wandered around PC World in Cardiff, catching up with colleagues he worked with five months ago...> more

Ensemble work well for Figaro

REVIEW - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Covent Garden - by HELEN LAWRENCE

DAVID McVicar’s staging of Mozart’s Figaro, first seen at Covent Garden in January, is back with an almost entirely new cast in a revival by Stéphane Marlot. > more

Exuberance and vigour - CONDUCTOR Christopher Warren-Green, must be an exacting taskmaster, because every member played with exceptional vigour. > more

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