Hungary reopens Liszt hall, Budapest’s musical heart
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary celebrated a rich musical heritage on Tuesday with a gala black-tie concert to mark the refurbishment and reopening of the main concert hall of the Liszt...
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U.S. organist Carpenter bends rules of performing
BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Flamboyant American organist Cameron Carpenter wants to wrest organ music from academics he says play solely for the initiated, and bring it back to the people....
Weevils and all, Rome ring-road film marks documentary comeback
VENICE (Reuters) - A portrait of life along Rome's ring road is emerging as the quirkiest of a flurry of documentaries making waves at two of the world's top film...
Venice film fest means business, not just art – marketing chief
VENICE (Reuters) - Venice has a reputation for luxury and its film festival for emphasizing art over commercialism, so its marketing chief Pascal Diot has his work cut out to...
Stars, taboo sex and death at Venice film fest
LONDON (Reuters) - Space, stars and taboo sex will be on display in Venice this week as the world's oldest international film festival fights to keep its head above water...
Stars, taboo sex and death at Venice film fest
LONDON (Reuters) - Space, stars and taboo sex will be on display in Venice this week as the world's oldest international film festival fights to keep its head above water...
Oil-themed Wagner ‘Ring’ catching fire for his 200th
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - An oil-themed staging of Richard Wagner's famous "Ring" cycle for his bicentenary year in the opera house he built in Bayreuth showed signs on Saturday of...
Two ‘Rites’, no riot, for Stravinsky centenary
PARIS (Reuters) - Right on cue, the "chosen one" danced herself to death, twice in a row, for the centenary of Igor Stravinsky's pagan and pulsating "The Rite of Spring"...
Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has released a year-end blockbuster that is part mystery story, part research project and shows off a voice which only seems to improve...
Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has released a year-end blockbuster that is part mystery story, part research project and shows off a voice which only seems to improve...