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The Spectator's Notes

The Spectator's Notes

17 June 2023

9:00 AM

17 June 2023

9:00 AM

When Boris Johnson’s resignation from parliament was announced, we were in the audience for Glyndebourne’s production of Don Giovanni. Controversially, this includes a vast cake which is part of the bacchanals and then reappears, in rotting form, as the statue of the Commendatore approaches to take the antihero to his eternal damnation.

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