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5:26pm
Feb 19, 2013
Ciboulette, Opéra Comique, Paris
This raucous opérette revival revels in campery and kitsch – but also delivers irresistible music and exceptional singing
Feb 19, 2013
Keaton Henson, Freud Museum, London
Though seemingly sensitive and fragile, the singer-songwriter here revealed a tougher sensibility
Feb 19, 2013
Marc Johnson, Ronnie Scott’s, London
There was a powerful sense of history in this gig from the bass player’s trio, featuring his wife Eliane Elias on piano
©Clive Barda
Feb 18, 2013
Medea, Coliseum, London
David McVicar’s production lacks substance, but Sarah Connolly delivers a triumphant performance in the title role
Feb 18, 2013
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London
This was a thoughtfully planned opening concert in the Philarmonia’s Britten centenary season
Feb 17, 2013
La Voix humaine/ Dido and Aeneas – Grand Theatre, Leeds
Poulenc and Purcell make for a perfect pairing, though it is Aletta Collins’ inspired staging of the latter that really shines
Feb 15, 2013
Salif Keita, Royal Festival Hall, London
‘The golden voice of Mali’ infuses his music with tropes from the 1970s club dance scene
- Salif Keita Talé
©Vincent Pontet
Feb 13, 2013
La Favorite, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
This may not be Donizetti’s best opera but Valérie Nègre’s misfortune-dogged production does it no favours
©PA
Feb 13, 2013
Kraftwerk: Techno Pop, Tate Modern, London
The German quartet’s performance of an album that flopped in the 1980s was a triumph here
Feb 12, 2013
New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Center, Miami Beach
A tribute to John Cage provided musical charm and eclectic sounds – but will his work stand the test of time?
Feb 11, 2013
Lulu, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Two singers rise above the mess of David Pountney’s ultra-contrived staging
Feb 11, 2013
Ahmad Jamal, Barbican, London
The pianist and his flawless band took stock ingredients and used them as a starting point for a magical mystery tour of modern music
Feb 11, 2013
London Sinfonietta/Hannigan, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
This event, part of the Southbank’s ‘The Rest Is Noise’ festival, recalled Paris’s status as an artistic hub in the 1910s and ’20s
Feb 10, 2013
Turnage’s Speranza, Barbican, London
The tunes in Turnage’s latest and biggest orchestral work help to lighten the load of its overweight philosophical tone
Feb 8, 2013
Karl Bartos interview
Airbrushed from Tate Modern’s Kraftwerk shows, the German musician is still more prolific than his ex-band
Feb 7, 2013
Kraftwerk, Tate Modern, London
The German electro-pop pioneers synthesised theatre, visual art and music irresistibly in the first of their “retrospective” shows
Feb 7, 2013
Joyce DiDonato, Barbican, London
This recital by the American mezzo-soprano was notable for its sense of containment, rather than high drama
Feb 6, 2013
Guillaume Tell, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
With a dream cast, this production is a superlative reading of a neglected piece of music history
Feb 5, 2013
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera House, London
The presence of older and younger protagonists simultaneously onstage suggests shared memory but the results are forgettable
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