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The Tsarinas slippers

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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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

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

Peter Aspden

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

Jackie Wullschlager visits a small but perfectly formed exhibition of Monet masterworks that were kept in private hands for a century