Peter Conrad

Articles by Peter Conrad

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Mistress of disguise

  • 18 September 2006

I Let the Music Speak Anne Sofie von Otter Deutsche Grammophon

Laughing at Stalin

  • 14 August 2006

Soviet Russia ruined Prokofiev's life but inspired his most comic, and lyrical, music

Laughter in the dark

  • 24 July 2006

Shostakovich has come to represent the tragedy and terror of the 20th century, but this overlooks his impudent humour

Double trouble

  • 23 August 2004

Opera - Peter Conrad on a Russian nihilist and an Italian cynic played back to back

Peter Conrad - A foreign affair

  • 19 July 2004

Opera - Impassioned, intelligent and close to perfection. By Peter Conrad Capriccio Palais Garnier, Paris

Saints and sinners

  • 28 June 2004

Opera - Peter Conrad is sobered by a rethinking of Faust that is far from heaven

In tune with nature

  • 07 June 2004

Music - Peter Conrad celebrates Charles Ives, the man who first made America sing

Baloneyland

  • 10 May 2004

Opera - Peter Conrad enjoys a stingingly up-to-date satire marking Poland's admission to the EU

Changing rooms

  • 19 April 2004

Opera - Peter Conrad on a revolutionary epic's drab contemporary make-over

The eternal woman

  • 12 April 2004

Opera - Peter Conrad marvels at the many incarnations of the divine Renee Fleming

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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