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World-famous opera director for Opera in Gozo

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 11:31 Last update: about 9 years ago

An all-time favourite, Puccini's Tosca returns to the Aurora Opera House this October after what is considered an abnormally short time. But there will be a very good reason why Tosca reappears in...

Gaulitanus Choir´s end-of-season concert

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 11:06 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Gaulitanus Choir´s 2017-18 artistic season came to an end on Friday 13th July with A Guitar Recital featuring acclaimed Italian guitarist Fabio Barbagallo. The recital was held at the...

Malta Youth Orchestra’s brass section head to Alicante

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 11:03 Last update: about 9 years ago

The brass section of the Malta Youth Orchestra headed to Spain for a week of intensive training at the renowned Brass Academy Alicante earlier this month. The musicians followed a number of...

Marie Benoit's Diary: Let’s make music

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Marie Benoît

Let's make music There is something special about a concert held in a private home. I suppose this is what the salons of old were like. I enjoyed such a concert in the home, in Ix-Xwieki, far...

The Malta heist

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

The genesis of this book is easily explained. "The manuscript of The Malta Job owes its existence to my wife Jean. As I exhausted the meagre library shelves of the hotel on our second long stay...

Life as it swirls round the poet

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

It really happens. Every time someone insists Maltese poetry is dead or down in the doldrums, out comes a book that quickly proves him or her wrong. It is a pattern that has actually been repeating...

‘Is-Sħaħar ta’ Petut: Għand Rebus Totall’

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

Flying on a broomstick is not as easy as it looks. You need to have a knack for it, position your legs and arms in a certain way, practise and practise some more. Of course it can be very stressful if...

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