Five sensational saucissons secs Date Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 10:00 AM Description Great charcuterie, from all around the world
Five stars for a high-impact Médée at La Scala, Milan — review Image Date Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 7:52 AM Description Cherubini’s tragic opera cuts deep, with Marina Rebeka engrossing in the title role
Five stars for Arooj Aftab: Night Reign — nocturnal music which demands another play Date Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 9:35 AM Description She evokes dark hours full of possibility, with help from flute, harp and Elvis Costello on the Wurlitzer
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