All credit to the Emersons for tackling taxing contemporary repertoire. Quite apart from their eye-catching neckwear the Emerson String Quartet seem determined to capture the attention... more
If for no other reason, Thomas Adès’s and Philip Hensher’s Powder her Face will go down, like the Duchess of Argyll herself, for an act of dubious taste.... more
Financial scandal, the venality of the newly rich and famous, the shallow pursuit of hedonism: The Rake's Progress might almost have been written for today... more
The world's hottest choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, is to make a full-length ballet for Covent Garden out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland... more
Clive Rowe squeezes into the dame's dress at Hackney Empire, Elton John returns to the O2 and Angelika Kirchschlager hits the high notes in Hansel and Gretel.... more
An attentive Kings Place audience burst into whoops at the close of an all-Stravinsky recital which launched this week’s Aldeburgh on Tour series.... more
Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more
The most influential people in London gathered at the launch of the Evening Standard's glossy magazine The 1000: London's Most Influential People 2008... more
From the unveiling of Goldfrapp's album launch to the world premiere of In Seven Days, here is a guide to the highlights of this year's Ether festival at the Southbank Centre.... more
Lily Cole and Thandie Newton have attended a Vogue party to mark the forthcoming reopening of the Southbank Centre, after two years of redevelopment.... more
Older than Mozart and Schubert when cut off in their prime, it doesn't seem long since Thomas Adès was the bright star of the younger generation.... more
Thomas Adès's first full-scale opera, The Tempest, returns to Covent Garden as an assured, fully matured work with many of the reservations evident on first hearing banished.... more
Thomas Adès returns to the Royal Opera House with his adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, the work that established him as the finest young opera composer in Britain.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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