http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ian_irvine en http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2009/02/music-american-adams-opera http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2009/02/music-american-adams-opera Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:02:11 GMT Ian Irvine John Adams's operas have laid the foundations of a distinctively American classical tradition. But, outside Carnegie Hall, the United States remains a nation profoundly uncomfortable with high culture

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/faber-life-britain-ian-history http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/faber-life-britain-ian-history Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:44:59 GMT Ian Irvine Selected by Ian Irvine, NS books editor

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/12/coliseum-london-sea-epic-piece http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/12/coliseum-london-sea-epic-piece Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:39:35 GMT Ian Irvine Elaborate stagecraft is superfluous in a piece as spare and grim as a Norse epic Riders to the Sea Coliseum, London WC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2008/09/john-adams-musical-tree-opera http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2008/09/john-adams-musical-tree-opera Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:23:36 GMT Ian Irvine In his seventh decade, John Adams's musical fertility still springs anew

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2008/08/gretel-love-glyndebourne http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2008/08/gretel-love-glyndebourne Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03:48 GMT Ian Irvine Two inventive new productions showcase the best of Glyndebourne Hänsel und Gretel Love and Other Demons Glyndebourne

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/07/candide-bernstein-updating http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/07/candide-bernstein-updating Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:29:43 GMT Ian Irvine Clunking anti-Americanism mars a bold updating of Bernstein's work Candide Coliseum, London WC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/05/poppea-glyndebourne http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/05/poppea-glyndebourne Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Ian Irvine Glyndebourne's first night lived up to the buzz with a passion-filled masterpiece L'incoronazione di Poppea Glyndebourne Festival

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