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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Olivia Fuchs gives Britten’s Shakespeare opera a light-hearted, though never superficial, quality
©Matthias Creutziger
Jan 30, 2013
Orlando, Semperoper Dresden
How not to do Handel: the Semperoper’s staging is an object lesson in turning a first-rate opera into a first-night fiasco
©Ken Howard
Jan 30, 2013
Rigoletto, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Michael Mayer’s super-glitzy, hyper-kitschy Rigoletto exults in the rat-packy decadence of Las Vegas c.1960
Jan 29, 2013
Walter Smith III Project, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London
The saxophonist and his band delivered two sets of state-of-the-art modern jazz that balanced complexity with warmth
©De Munt/La Monnaie
Jan 29, 2013
Manon Lescaut, La Monnaie, Brussels
Mariusz Trelinski plays fast and loose with the source material and Puccini emerges rather bloodied from the experience
©Mark Allan
Jan 28, 2013
Sahara Soul, Barbican, London
Bassekou Kouyaté urged his countrymen to strive for unity at this celebration of Mali’s musical traditions
©AFP
Jan 28, 2013
Witold Lutoslawski Year Inauguration, Warsaw Philharmonie
The Warsaw Philharmonic and Anne-Sophie Mutter shone in this celebration of Poland’s great 20th-century composer
Jan 27, 2013
Barbara Hannigan, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
The Rest is Noise festival got into its stride as the Canadian soprana brought the 1900s’ most adventurous music to life
©Charlie Bibby
Jan 25, 2013
Rocky road
Rapper A$AP Rocky tells Ludovic Hunter-Tilney about his journey from drugs to record deal
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Jan 25, 2013
A walk with the FT: In Britten’s footsteps
Sound recordist Chris Watson tunes into the Suffolk soundscape that inspired the composer
Jan 24, 2013
John Adams, St Luke’s, London
Introduced by the composer himself, two string pieces showed how Adams’ work has evolved from his early minimalism
Jan 23, 2013
Das Rheingold, Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Despite political trouble and budget constraints, Graham Vick’s ambitious production is off to a promising start
Jan 22, 2013
Christian Tetzlaff, Wigmore Hall, London
Duetting with pianist Lars Vogt, the German violinist articulated Brahms’s Violin Sonatas as intimate, lyrical conversations
Jan 22, 2013
Manu Katché, Ronnie Scott’s, London
The French Ivorian drummer has virtuosity to spare but gives the impression of a team player leading his quartet from within
Jan 21, 2013
Kendrick Lamar, Hammersmith Apollo, London
LA’s rising rap star showed off a more caustic vocal style, worked the room and won over an excitable London audience
Jan 21, 2013
The Rest is Noise, Royal Festival Hall, London
The Southbank Centre’s year-long festival of 20th-century music began with a wild account of Strauss’s ‘Salome’
Jan 20, 2013
Sinead O’Connor, LSO St Luke’s, London
The Irish singer mingled the sacred and the profane to riveting effect at this stripped-down gig
Jan 20, 2013
Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin, Carnegie Hall, New York
Yannick Nézet-Séguin demonstrated why he may just be the most compelling, accomplished conductor of his generation
Jan 20, 2013
The Minotaur, Royal Opera House, London
The opera looks good, sounds overwhelming and over it all towers the Minotaur of John Tomlinson, a superhuman presence
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