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Salome at the Barbican review: a gripping performance from a dream cast

5/5 Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Prom 49: Czech Philharmonic/Hrůša/Kobekina review – impassioned playing of Dvořák and less well known Suk

Conductor Jakub Hrůša, who takes over next year at the Royal Opera, balanced Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with his son-in-law Suk’s uncompromising grief-filled work

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

TV tonight: an evening of belting pop hits at the Proms with Sam Smith

The pop-soul star performs orchestral versions of their hefty back catalogue. Plus, a sunny jaunt for Tory traveloguer Michael Portillo who visits Lisbon. Here’s what to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

Playing with dolls could help a child’s social development

The new findings suggested that broader social engagement with others while engaging in doll play was a unique pathway to social development for these children

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

Rufus Wainwright Want One Prom review: a Greatest Hits package, rightly proud, if almost too loud

On Tuesday the Canadian singer celebrated 20 years of album Want One with an ecstatic Royal Albert Hall audience

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Prom 64: Les Troyens review – trouble-hit concert-staging rises to the occasion magnificently

Dinis Sousa, replacing John Eliot Gardiner, brought excitement and emotional intensity to Berlioz’s epic opera, aided by a consistently impressive cast

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

Prom 62: The Rite by Heart review – fresh insight into Stravinsky’s complex classic

A quirky and informative script lifted the bonnet on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in the first half, and, in the second, the Aurora Orchestra – performing from memory – delivered a high-energy Rite that saw the music pulse across the concert hall

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish

The violinist gave a masterly performance of Elgar’s violin concerto, well matched by a responsive Sakari Oramo. Judith Weir’s nature-filled Begin Afresh, receiving its premiere, was evocative and full of ideas

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

English National Ballet: Cinderella review – at once grand, tender and intimate

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s intelligence and invention combine to make an effortlessly entrancing piece in which to lose yourself

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023