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Arts

A hundred years of Boheme As Puccini's opera celebrates its centenary, Michael Scott traces the history of this popular work S trange though it may seem today, La Boheme was not......

Opera

The Midsummer Marriage (Royal Opera House) Love Life (Opera North) Mad about the Marriage Rupert Christiansen I have always felt there was something silly about Michael Tippett......

Exhibitions

Diaghilev (Barbican Art Gallery, till 14 April) Patron of the arts Martin Gayford Y ou don't have to like ballet to enjoy the Diaghilev exhibition at the Barbican, though it......