Holland Park News
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Greece sold four properties outside the country, including the U.K. consul’s residence in London, as the government raises money to pay its debts.
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In one sense, Investec Plc’s sponsorship of Opera Holland Park in London concludes this season on a low note. At the bottom of a ravine, in fact. In another sense, it couldn’t be higher.
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Greece set a minimum bid price of 22 million pounds ($35 million) for a London townhouse, one of six overseas properties the government is selling to help pay its debts, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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London’s most expensive homes will outperform the rest of the U.K. residential real estate market this year as wealthy buyers shrug off property-tax increases, Knight Frank LLP said.
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Alfredo Catalani’s rarely performed opera “La Wally” (1892) ends with an avalanche killing the hero and the distraught heroine flinging herself into a snowy abyss. It’s the sort of thing that drives directors mad.
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The deranged hunchback psychiatrist walks over to her father’s portrait and cackles. Then she turns to her patients and reveals the truth of their incarceration.
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A man showers his banker friend with gifts. Later, he requests a loan from him. “This is no time to lend money,” says the shocked banker.
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The plot of Verdi’s “La forza del destino” (The Force of Destiny) is wonderfully crazy even by operatic standards. There are coincidences, there are accidents, and the soprano spends most of the story as a monk. No wonder it’s known as a director’s graveyard.
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Greece plans to sell diplomatic offices and houses in cities from London to Belgrade as the government pursues an asset sale plan key to getting further international aid, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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It’s a sad fact that classical recording contracts are as rare as shy sopranos or well-read tenors. Baritone and former accountant Mark Stone , passionate about English songs, isn’t fazed. He founded his own label.
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