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Arts around the world
Bohemian art in Vienna, the Bolshoi take on Berg, and 130 years of photos of New York in Dublin
Reviews
The Tsarina’s Slippers, Royal Opera House, London
The Royal Opera’s staging of a Tchaikovsky comedy may go the way of the best Yuletide tinsel – in the bin, writes Andrew Clark
Mama Africa, Barbican, London
This was an all-star tribute to Miriam Makeba, writes David Honigmann
The Fahrenheit Twins, Barbican (Pit), London
This simple story told with clowning techniques is far from trivial, writes Ian Shuttleworth
The Decemberists, HMV Forum, London
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney marvels at a much mocked subgenre restored to life
Bob Dylan, United Palace Theatre, New York
The singer understands the power of his near-ruined voice, says Emily Stokes
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A contemporary staging of Handel’s ‘Messiah’
An avant-garde director is using metaphor to convey the narrative of the 18th century oratorio, writes Laura Battle
Elliott Erwitt at the Museo di Roma
The photographer of talks to Rachel Spence about his latest show, a collection of stunning images of Rome taken over a 50-year period
An elegant work of diplomatic architecture
The new British embassy in Warsaw, designed by Tony Fretton, is intelligent, dignified and ethereal, says Edwin Heathcote
Film
Desperately seeking solace
Leo Robson reviews Joseph Strick’s ‘Ulysees’, the Coen brothers’ ‘A Serious Man’, ‘The Informant!’, ‘Glorious 39’ and ‘New Moon
Culture
Band-aid for seasonal spirit
Touched by a compilation of 1950s Christmas songs, Peter Aspden ponders how holiday hits have served as markers of the times
Visual Arts
Powerful impressions
Jackie Wullschlager visits a small but perfectly formed exhibition of Monet masterworks that were kept in private hands for a century
