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‘A Beggar's Holiday’ in the French capital

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The French baritone David Serero tells us about playing the lead in Duke Ellington's musical. Also on the show: the reverberations of the Arab Spring on the big screen at the North African festival "Maghreb des Films" in Paris, and the orchestra that's taking Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert into the 21st century.

CULTURE
By Eve JACKSON
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