http://www.newstatesman.com/columns/performance en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2011/04/copeland-world-attempts-dudley http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2011/04/copeland-world-attempts-dudley Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:37:05 GMT Alexandra Coghlan These attempts to shake up the opera world fail.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/08/shostakovich-piece-stalin-line http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/08/shostakovich-piece-stalin-line Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:09:42 GMT Laura Battle A Stalin-era piece by Shostakovich towers over the rest.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2010/06/pearl-fishers-bizet-modern http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2010/06/pearl-fishers-bizet-modern Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:10:24 GMT Laura Battle Bizet's "bromance" strikes a chord with a modern audience.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2010/06/britten-budd-forster http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2010/06/britten-budd-forster Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:29:57 GMT Rick Jones Rick Jones marvels at how Britten and Forster's work has lost none of its power.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/02/sinclair-clare-journey http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/02/sinclair-clare-journey Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:31:17 GMT Tim Burrows Iain Sinclair summons up the spirit of John Clare.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/jazz/2009/11/jazz-corea-fleck-fireworks http://www.newstatesman.com/jazz/2009/11/jazz-corea-fleck-fireworks Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT Sholto Byrnes Sholto Byrnes applauds a jazz performance that is full of fireworks

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/11/schnittke-archive-music-series http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/11/schnittke-archive-music-series Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT Rick Jones Rick Jones discovers a forgotten genius of 20th-century music

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/06/fiona-british-africa-play http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/06/fiona-british-africa-play Thu, 28 May 2009 13:10:28 GMT Andrew Billen This drama skewers the do-gooding in Africa to compelling but chastening effect

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/05/beckett-godot-waiting-night http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/05/beckett-godot-waiting-night Thu, 14 May 2009 10:02:25 GMT Andrew Billen The star turns are accomplished, but Beckett’s chilling vision is obscured

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/05/afghanistan-british-plays http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/05/afghanistan-british-plays Thu, 07 May 2009 11:22:42 GMT Raymond Whitaker Tricycle Theatre's series of plays about the history of foreign intervention in Afghanistan conveys a mixed message

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