Jenny Gilbert
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Album: Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You
This is a slight album in terms of length (under half an hour) but not in emotional insight. It’s absolutely...
Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park review - Verdi's Duke get...
“I am a poor student,” the Duke tells a smitten Gilda, in music that can barely keep a straight face, so plush is its melody, so oozing with...
Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - singing to make the...
Conversation just before this concert started concerned Verdi’s Il trovatore and the truism that it needs “the four greatest voices in...
Requiem, Opera North review - partnership and diversity
Innovation is always a risky business. Opera North’s...
Sophia Giovannitti: Working Girl - On Selling Art and Sellin...
Sophia Giovannitti begins selling sex because it promises to make her the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time. She also has a “...
Album: Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy
"This album is almost like a recorded birthday party and birthday present to myself. I just invited all the singers that I greatly admire and...
Succession Season Four finale, Sky Atlantic review - a glori...
Hey-hey! Alright! The standard greeting of Kendall Roy will be much missed, along with all the other regular joys of...
Götterdämmerung, Longborough Festival review - from the hier...
Götterdämmerung is not only the grandest of Wagner’s...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 77: Scuba, Dannii Minogue, Tito Puente,...
VINYL OF THE MONTH
Rahill Flowers at Your Feet (Big Dada)
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Invisible, Bush Studio review - engaging monologue about Bro...
The Bond film theme plays and the lights go up at the...