Five stars for blazing revival of rare Rossini tragedy Date Monday, August 12, 2024 - 8:19 AM Description The Rossini Opera Festival delivers a powerful fresh production of ‘Ermione’
Five stars for Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom — the best gig the singer never played Date Thursday, November 30, 2023 - 10:00 PM Description The 50-minute film from 2021 is part live recording, part elaborately staged fiction
Five stars for Bryn Terfel double bill at Grange Park Opera Date Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 9:36 AM Description Also reviewed: L’Incoronazione di Poppea at Grange Festival Opera
Five stars for Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Adam Cruz Trio at Ronnie Scott’s Image Date Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 11:55 AM Description The narrative twisted and mesmerised at this London gig, as indigenous rhythms were mixed with the blues
Five stars for Emerson String Quartet’s farewell concerts in New York Date Monday, October 23, 2023 - 8:46 AM Description They went out with two peaks of the repertoire, Beethoven’s Op 130 and Schubert’s C major
Five stars for Kim Brandstrup’s Metamorphoses — up close and personal with mythology Image Date Friday, February 02, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description With Alina Cojocaru among the cast, the choreographer is staging a classical double bill at the Theatre Royal, Bath
Five stars for Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s celebration of George Gershwin Date Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:58 AM Description The Carnegie Hall audience was treated to the composer’s songs, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, as well as sequinned jackets
Five stars for PJ Harvey, tackling the big themes at London’s Roundhouse — review Date Friday, September 29, 2023 - 7:57 AM Description The singer’s mesmerising show had the timeless feel of deep myth
Five stars for Stranger Things: The First Shadow — sinister and thrilling trip to the Upside Down Date Monday, December 18, 2023 - 10:22 AM Description The Netflix hit’s theatrical spin-off balances horror and humour to great effect
Five stars for The Brutalist — postwar epic of architecture and survival with Adrien Brody Date Monday, September 02, 2024 - 8:56 AM Description At the Venice Film Festival, director Brady Corbet tells the fascinating story of a proud man starting a new life in America