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London's new influentials

10.11.09

'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Return of the great British soprano

04.03.09

Amanda Roocroft�s singing career looked burnt out � but her comeback at English National Opera next week offers a lesson for the next generation of divas... more

Carmen with a difference

07.07.08

Bizet's Carmen is usually presented as a big-stage spectacular but not in David McVicar's Glyndebourne production.... more

Mozart and politics

15.05.08

The storyline of Mozart's Idomeneo may seem implausible to today's world but this hasn't stemmed the tide of enthusiasm for it.... more

A ravishing oratorio

10.12.07

The rarely heard Schumann oratorio Paradise and the Peri was given a welcome outing, with its intoxicating music extremely well captured.... more

A voice that goes to the heart of Lieder

30.10.07

At 28, glamorous soprano Kate Royal is not yet the finished article - but she is definitely the real thing, thinks Nick Kimberley.... more

Down to her Freudian slip

19.10.07

One outstanding performance made this new staging of Monteverdi's 1643 opera, The Coronation of Poppea, just about worthwhile, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Anglo-Germans' Handel with flair

24.08.07

Two of the finest period instrument ensembles came together as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra performed at the Proms.... more

Ad�s proves he's the real thing

13.03.07

Thomas Ad�s'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

Critic's choice: opera

05.12.06

The Glyndebourne on Tour programme features Cosi fan Tutte, Turn of the Screw and Die Fledermaus, and they are all worth catching, says Barry Millington.... more

Get back to where you once belonged, Paul

06.11.06

Paul McCartney's Ecce Cor Meum has been eight years in the making. Any student composer could have knocked off a better hour's worth of music than this vacuous tosh in as many days.... more

Just the season for subtle ghost story

01.11.06

The subtlety of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has ensured its survival and this Glyndebourne on Tour production is alert to its contemporary resonances.... more

Music news: Swapping his guitar for a choir, the lyrics to Sir Paul McCartney's next album are in Latin. Despite this, the former Beatle is hoping his fans will sing along, even if they don't understand all the words. ... more

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