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Three card trick: La Scala’s gamble pays off in Pique Dame
Valery Gergiev finally turns up to conduct an electrifying evening, crowned by Asmik Grigorian's full throttle performance as Liza.
Demonic obsessions in Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel in Rome
In Emma Dante's staging we are viewing an allegory of death as painted in the medieval frescoes of Italian cemeteries.