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As she prepares for Covent Garden’s new ‘Rosenkavalier’, the opera singer talks about her remaining ambitions
Francophile painter John Russell is placed in the context of his fellow countrymen in a riveting London show
Oliver Stone’s film about Edward Snowden is expertly made but somewhat uncritical
Greg Lake, who died this week, had a worldwide hit with this thoughtful Christmas song
Now on his seventh film, the director has never looked back since leaving the US
A performance endowed with abundant detail, an impressive depth of sound and a suppleness in lyrical passages
Matthew White’s production of this bouncy musical is full of delightful touches
Senior figure quits Christie’s; Sotheby’s hires forensic conservator; any offers for the Stasi’s stained glass?
Trey Edward Shults’s first feature is the best American independent movie of the year
The performance capitalised on the dramatic potential of Shakespeare-inspired music
Robbie Ryan’s cinematography brings moody incandescence to this thriller
This Nepalese film is a poignant fable punctuated by the country’s civil war
The selection of photographs capture the wood-shackled, kudzu-foliaged structures dotting the landscape of Hale County in Alabama
The DJ combines programmed beats with live drumming in a beguiling mix of abstraction and resolution
Album combines gentle folk-rock with clenched-fist sentiments and voice software-distorted vocals
Marches and an elliptic multi-time pulse are tied to floaty guitar Americana, sparse piano, synth and bass
The artist continues to sing love songs, but the romance is enfolded into ambitious arrangements
Recording captures swooping strings, wailing flutes and rattling percussion in full flow
A tribute to vintage synthesisers, an artfully arranged constellation of electronic chimes, bleeps and whooshes
The solo voices of Collegium Vocale Gent, directed by Philippe Herreweghe, turn the emotions on a sixpence
Mitsuko Uchida’s virtues marry the range of colours on offer from a concert grand with a classical purity
Soloist Renaud Capuçon rises to ethereal heights, accompanied by various orchestras and conductors
Latest Disney CGI movie makeover gets a generous sprinkling of old-style Spielbergian wonder
Academic experts and military veterans give their opinions on whether the attack was a cock-up or conspiracy
Ricky Gervais’s resurrected character invites a film crew to document the pursuit of his long-held dream
Documentary follows a Ukrainian pastor dispensing tough love on drug addicts at his rehab centre
A drama about a creative writing class is clever but dramatically static
