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Jan 9, 2013
©Kirsten Nijhof
Jan 8, 2013
Nabucco, Leipzig Opera
Dietrich Hilsdorf’s production sets a high standard for the year of Verdi’s 200th birthday celebrations
Jan 8, 2013
PLG Young Artists, Purcell Room, London
In an evening that tried to pack in too much, the soprano-pianist partnership of Louise Alder and Gary Matthewman stood out
©Ken Howard
Jan 7, 2013
The Barber of Seville, Metropolitan Opera, New York
With an opaque English translation and a truncated score, family-friendly Rossini comes with a price at the Met
Jan 7, 2013
Christian Blackshaw, Wigmore Hall, London
The pianist brought his momentous journey through Mozart’s sonatas to a rapturous ending
©Rob Moore
Jan 6, 2013
All the best: La traviata
Maria Callas’s Violetta is still one of the moving opera recordings. But Verdi’s masterpiece is well served by other sopranos too
Jan 6, 2013
Echoes of Venice, Wigmore Hall, London
This evening of early music from soprano and theorbo failed to fulfil its early promise
©Ken Howard
Jan 2, 2013
Maria Stuarda, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Joyce DiDonato gives an exquisitely proportioned, remarkably sensitive performance in the title role
Jan 2, 2013
Bach Unwrapped, Kings Place, London
An uplifting New Year cantata provided an apposite opening to Kings Place’s year-long Bach festival
Jan 1, 2013
Doric String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London
Subtle yet responsive readings of Haydn, Bartók and Schubert show why this ensemble has been so durable
Jan 1, 2013
New Year’s Eve Concert, Philharmonie, Berlin
Cecilia Bartoli saved a shaky baroque start before the Berliners moved triumphantly to more secure ground
Dec 30, 2012
All the best: Bach’s Goldberg Variations
A round-up of performances of the ‘keyboard exercise’ around which opinions still swirl furiously
Dec 30, 2012
How do you top 2012?
The Olympic year saw an overload of cultural activity. What does 2013 hold in store?
Dec 28, 2012
Bassist instinct
Recordings of Charles Mingus’s concert series catches the jazz musician at a creative peak
Dec 27, 2012
Die Bajadere, Komische Oper Berlin
This concert performance of Emmerich Kálmán’s operetta rewarded a full house with an evening of musical discovery and laughter
Dec 23, 2012
All the best: Mahler symphonies
Andrew Clark surveys a rich and varied array of recordings of the Austrian composer’s work
Dec 20, 2012
Konk Pack, Café Oto, London
This gig from the trio of free improvisers ebbed and flowed between roaring climaxes and patches of uneasy calm
Dec 19, 2012
LSO/Gergiev, Barbican, London
The orchestra’s Brahms-Szymanowski cycle draws to a close – but it still feels like an unnatural pairing
Dec 19, 2012
NY Philharmonic/Messiah, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Gary Thor Wedow was a last-minute replacement for Emmanuelle Haïm, but high communal spirits made even major blemishes seem minor
Dec 18, 2012
La bohème, Royal Opera House, London
This revival of a 1974 staging keeps the eye entertained and amused – and features the return to the London stage of Rolando Villazón
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