I have been writing about Cuban music and popular culture for some time, as an outsider. It is a fraught position: being based in the United States, strongly
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The idea of the “Czech lands” has never been simple. These regions have carried many titles in various languages throughout history and sometimes held radically
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Gaetano Donizetti’s 1835 tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor is known for a lot of things: its Scottish setting, its beautiful bel canto melodies, its
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