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Musical statues: Ronconi's static Semiramide
In a staging new to Florence, the action is often merely a set of friezes, singers immobilised on a pair of moving plinths.
The Tsar’s Bride: a powerhouse of dramatic detail
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera remain rarities outside Russia, but the Bolshoi Opera made The Tsar’s Bride the anchor of this year's Hong Kong Arts Festival programme.