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Strongman's niece pulls cars with her hair
LEAD IN:A 15 year-old girl is wowing audiences in Morocco with displays of incredible strength.Iktam Salhi uses her hair to pull cars and to dangle from cranes.STORY-LINE:It should be an impossible challenge - but Ikram Salhi makes it...
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Stephane Rolland shows Autumn-Winter 2017 Couture collection
STEPHANE ROLLAND REVEALED HIS WINTER 2017 COUTURE COLLECTIONCouture designer Stephane Rolland celebrated the 10th anniversary of his house with a performance by mezzo-soprano opera singer Beatrice Uria-Monzon and latest collection in...
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CLEAN : First performance of Greek National Opera in new premises
After the company relocated to new premises in March the first performance by the Greek National Opera took place in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre on Sunday with a performance of Strausss Elektra
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CLEAN : Bolshoi Theater and Metropolitan Opera to stage co-productions
Russia's Bolshoi theatre and New York's Metropolitan Opera has announced plans to stage three operas together in their first ever co productions all starring Russian soprano Anna Netrebko
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CLEAN : Berlin State opera to reopen after seven years of work
The Berlin State opera the Staatsoper will reopen its doors on Tuesday after seven years of modernisation works
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CLEAN : Terry Gilliam speaks on new opera MeToo and Donald Trump
US-born British director Terry Gilliam speaks to AFP as he prepares to bring Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini to the Paris opera
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CLEAN : Salzburg Festival features opera's leading lights
Austria's Salzburg Festival opens Saturday the start of more than a month of classical and dramatic performances featuring some of opera's brightest and most controversial stars
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CLEAN : Beneath the burqa
Despite living much of their lives behind a veil some Afghan women are feeling pressure to conform to ideals of female beauty and are lining up for cosmetic surgery at a handful of clinics in Kabul CLEAN : Beneath the burqa on December...
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Opera legend Domingo accused of sexual harassment
For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his...
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Placido Domingo apology prompts new accuser to step forward
PLACIDO DOMINGO APOLOGY PROMPTS NEW ACCUSER TO STEP FORWARD
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CLEAN : Post-lockdown opera performed in Greece's Herodes Atticus theatre
The Greek National Opera presented a gala at the Herodes Atticus theatre - an ancient Roman theatre built on the slopes of the Acropolis - under strict virus safety measures on Tuesday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Paris's Palais Garnier reopens with concert for healthcare workers
Concerts resume at the Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera, for the first time since lockdown, with two days of performances paying tribute to healthcare workers (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : The Greek National Opera rehearses for reopening with a concert by Anita Rachvelishvili
After months of performances being halted due to the coronavirus outbreak the Greek National Opera rehearses before reopening on Saturday with a concert by distinguished mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili at the archaeological site of...
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CLEAN : Rennes' opera theatre is latest to be 'occupied' by protesters demanding reopening
Protesters from the culture sector "occupy" the Rennes opera house and intend to stay there until they are heard by the government (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Glass Marcano, the Venezuelan conductor with a meteoric rise to fame
From the markets of Venezuela to the Opera of Tours, conductor Glass Marcano has experienced a meteoric rise and is now the first black woman to conduct a symphony orchestra in France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Glass Marcano becomes first black woman orchestra conductor in France
Carried by her overflowing energy, Venezuelan conductor Glass Marcano achieves a life dream by conducting a symphony orchestra (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Dominic Raab's outdated attitudes show how Tory party looks down on working class people, says Angela Rayner
Deputy leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner addresses a panel with the Institute for Public Policy Research, and says she was 'sneeringly questioned' why she should be attending an opera by the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab at...
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CLEAN : Paris Opera's Little Rats return to the stage
It has been two years since the Little Rats of the Paris Opera presented their annual show (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Argentina's imports in jeopardy due to lack of dollars
Will Argentina experience a shortage of coffee and salami? In the midst of the exchange rate crisis due to the shortage of dollars, with a sharp reduction in international reserves and increasing difficulties to import, Argentines are...
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Sophie's Choice given an operatic makeover
1. Exterior, Royal Opera House
2. Clip 'Sophie's Choice'
3. SOUNDBITE Dale Duesing (Narrator) on putting subject matter to music: "People will always say it is too great of a subject to be setting to music, that is making it into...