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Richard Strauss RSS feedRunnicles conducts domestic drama with punch
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Donald Runnicles's performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra brought out so much detail that you had to forget the plot.2009-08-26T23:00:00ZMusic and Mussolini
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With three pieces by Ottorino Respighi, the Italian dictator’s favourite composer, receiving their Proms premieres, William Ward examines the cultural legacy of fascism.2009-08-05T08:52:44ZMusicians dance to the Nazis’ tune in Taking Sides
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Michael Pennington shines in Taking Sides and Collaboration - sophisticated dramas from Ronald Harwood.2009-05-27T23:00:00ZPick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim
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No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.2009-05-26T11:35:21ZTime to face the Nazi music
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Two plays by Ronald Harwood re-examine the moral responsibility of the musicians who danced to Hitler’s tune2009-04-22T12:13:35ZA handle on Haydn
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To kick off a year of celebration devoted to the prolific composer, his complete works have just been released in a 150-CD box set. With so much music to choose from, where do you start?2009-02-18T14:24:18ZThe face of modern opera
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The first big event in London’s music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold’s 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world2009-01-14T09:11:08ZThe Miller’s tale revisited
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For a decade the director has complained that no one wanted him in London. Now Jonathan Miller is back at ENO — with a radical new production of La Bohème inspired by Brassaï2009-01-07T12:24:40ZA Little Night Music is exceptionally ravishing
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Trevor Nunn's dream-struck, elegantly scaled-down production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music is a serious delight.2008-12-04T00:00:00ZTo save the day, Gordon, you have to tax the rich
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During the heady days of the boom, I used to opine regularly that the National Lottery was a tax on stupidity, the odds of winning the jackpot being so infinitesimal2008-11-25T10:00:55ZAnyone for café culture?
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A new exhibition celebrates the Viennese coffee houses where Mahler, Strauss and Schnitzler would exchange ideas. If only there were a modern London equivalent2008-10-08T17:15:54ZStrauss and stress in collaboration
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It's a topic so ripe with dramatic weight that it's no wonder Ronald Harwood has returned to the theme of collaboration with the Nazis in Collaboration.2008-07-29T23:00:00ZSteamy sex in Street Scene
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There is nothing quite like Street Scene's fascinating hybrid of opera and Broadway musical, says Nicholas de Jongh.2008-07-17T23:00:00ZBravo! Fatgirl slim sings at last for Covent Garden crowd
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She was the fat lady who was not allowed to sing in a Covent Garden spat that split the world of opera...2008-06-17T09:11:49ZThe history play man
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Michael Frayn again delves into the past for his new play, Afterlife, about the now obscure theatre director Max Reinhardt.2008-06-03T08:53:29ZENO are almost triumphant
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Der Rosenkavalier is a comedy of a boy whose voice has not yet broken but whose busy libido has been awakened by a woman old enough to be his mother.2008-05-29T23:00:00ZPlaying it for easy laughs
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Too much of Der Rosenkavalier is mere bustle and bluster and without sumptuous singing, the opera feels coarse and slight.2008-05-22T23:00:00ZLie back and think of the Balkans
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The Merry Widow has a lively cast, with strong chorus and choreography. The weakest link, unusually, is the orchestra, says Fiona Maddocks.2008-04-27T23:00:00ZPlaying into spring
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The National Youth Orchestra's rendition of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring seemed to jolt the audience to life and the gifted teenageres proved their worth at the Barbican Hall concert.2008-04-06T23:00:00ZA head-turning Salome but dance is out of step
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David McVicar's new production of Richard Strauss's Salome is an operatic masterpiece but not, you might say, to all tastes.2008-02-22T00:00:00ZPop goes 2007 - music review of the year
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From Mika to Mozart, our music critics present their guide to a vintage year with a look back at the best albums.2007-12-21T00:00:00ZNo let up with Gergiev
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Mahler's Sixth Symphony is the kind of intense score to which Valery Gergiev responds best, with dangerous, illuminating results.2007-11-23T00:00:00ZBid to banish our prejudices about Elgar
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Elgar was unembarrassed to wear his heart on his sleeve and, in that respect, this Englishmen was decidedly European. It's time we learnt, says Fiona Maddocks.2007-11-08T00:00:00Z'It was shockingly, gloriously awful'
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As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years.2007-08-22T12:04:41ZPredictable programme but lucid playing
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Classical performers get criticised for predictable programming, but sometimes it makes absolute sense, as with pianist Imogen Cooper's assembly of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.2007-05-16T23:00:00ZHytner's back in an epic season at Covent Garden
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Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season.2007-04-04T10:30:56ZMagnificent Mahler
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The Dresden Staatskapelle turned up the heat for Mahler Nine, producing an edgy - but dramatic and touching - performance, says Barry Millington.2007-01-11T00:00:00ZChopin becomes pure gold
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Chinese pianist Lang Lang brought a touch of magic to Chopin's Piano concerto No 1 in E minor at the Proms. But what was to follow, says Barry Millington, was utterly mesmerising.2006-08-30T23:00:00Z