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Google News: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Opera
[The Arts Desk] - There was a bit of earlier, cheerful anachronism about David McVicar's Biedermeier vision at Glyndebourne as well as in Richard Jones's Welsh National Opera production, the most detailed, perceptive and, alas, short-lived we've seen in recent years;
Guardian: Get the alternative Harry Potter experience
[The Guardian (blog)] - If you fancy a stroll down Diagon Alley you could do worse than join one of the London walking or bus tours of the films' locations that have sprung up in recent years; Richard Jones, a travel writer and parent of Potter-mad children, has helpfully put
Trotting to victory
www.worcesternews.co.uk
[Worcester News] - Count-back decided runners-up spot with Simon Gill, Russ Mason, Dave Hawthorn, and Paul Davis edging out Richard Jones, Ronnie Carver, Pete Leeming, and Dave Lannie on 75. The following day saw a runaway victory for Simon Secretan, Simon Fletcher
Arts review of Classical: Just when you think you've heard it all...
www.independent.co.uk
[The Independent] - Covent Garden blew its Autumn budget on Richard Jones's handsome, well-cast Il trittico. I laughed harder at ETO's Gianni Schicchi, but listened to Antonio Pappano with awe. No conductor gets Puccini like he does – the tenderness, the sardonicism
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