Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza, A Renowned Carmen, Has Died At 89
Berganza won fame in Rossini and Mozart, and of course in Carmen, but her "vast repertoire as a recitalist included German lieder, French and...
Yes, The Marcos Family Still Has That ‘Lost’ Picasso
And glimpses of it in Imelda Marcos' apartment after Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s (shocking, for those who remember the 1980s) presidential win "has added to...
How’s It Going, Headline Writers?
This is not an easy job in 2022. Let's find out just how not easy. - Slate
Why Canadians Have To Move To The US To Find Success
Canada’s tidy, modest institutions have lowered the ceiling on its creative professions. There’s also something very stay-in-your-lane about the presumption that a Canadian artist...
Stratford Festival Unveils New Theatre
In 2018, the facility — a former curling rink-turned-theatre — underwent a $72-million demolition and reconstruction, a project completed in 2020. However, as a result of the...
The Eurovision Song Contest Is A Cultural Phenomenon (And This Year Is Unusually So)
The world’s biggest music event, famed for bringing Europe together, is happening during the biggest threat to unity on the European continent since the...
What Qualifies As Ukrainian Music?
Before Ukraine gained independence from Russia in 1991, it would have been as natural for a young Prokofiev to head off to Moscow as...
Mrs. Doubtfire Calls It Quits On Broadway
The musical, which has been posting middling box office numbers during the industry’s crowded spring season, will end its run at the Stephen Sondheim...
The Next Version Of Authenticity Online: BeReal?
To summarize the BeReal user experience: once a day, at a random time, the app sends a push notification to its users, granting them...
Interpretive Dance In A Session Of The EU Parliament (By A Famous Choreographer, No...
The Twitterverse had a high old time when news and photos hit of the final session of the Conference on the Future of Europe...
How I Learned To Appreciate The Intelligence Of Trees
The idea of intelligence without a brain can sound mystical or speculative, but the initiative has attracted quite a lot of human intelligence so...
Keanu Reeves — “Why Do We Get So Much Out Of A Movie Star...
"He's an unknowable icon, the internet's adorably tragic boyfriend, a prolific actor who never seems to be acting. ... Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas...
New York Is Getting Rid Of Auction Regulations. Why?
Unlike the banking industry, the art trade has few rules that govern its dynamics, but for Americans it seems that even these are too...
A Traditional Urban House Design That Figured Out The Work-Home Life Balance
A look at the layout, functions, and history of machiya, the traditional shop-front-and-courtyard houses of Kyoto. - Bloomberg CityLab
How To Publish Books In Wartime Ukraine (It Ain’t Easy)
In addition to what was left behind at the office, there was another enormous problem for the publishing house: its warehouses are also located...
Stage Director Ivo Van Hove Has Got Himself A Festival
The Belgium-born, Amsterdam-based director, known in the US for his Broadway stagings of A View from the Bridge, The Crucible, Network, and West Side...
The Art Of Translating For Journalists
Translators do their best to represent the journalists conducting the interviews, while also acting — intentionally or not — as connectors across cultural divides. -...
Standup Comedy Classes As Psychological Treatment, Courtesy Of Britain’s National Health Service
Angie Belcher, comedian-in-residence at Bristol University (yes, really) and founder of the practice Comedy on Referral, has already had a successful NHS-funded course for...
Is Standup Comedy Becoming A Dangerous Job?
"A couple of recent high-profile physical attacks on comedians ... have left some comics wondering if the stage is becoming less safe, and have...
The Sale Of “The Believer” Magazine To The Sex Toy Collective Guy Isn’t Going...
The first article the new owner published online was a listicle of hook-up sites with an old contributor's name slapped on the byline. As...
Ex-Fox News Anchor Fired For Sexual Misconduct Drops Libel Suit Against NPR and CNN
"Ed Henry initially alleged last year that journalists at the two outlets — including NPR media reporter David Folkenflik, CNN chief media correspondent Brian...
At 71, Black Composer Anthony Davis May Finally Be Having His Breakout
With five companies (the Met, Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, and Seattle) sharing a revival of his X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X directed...
David Hockney Has Made A 314-Foot-Long Scroll Painting
Or you could call it a frieze. Hockney was inspired, he says, by the Bayeux Tapestry as well as by the seasons in Normandy,...
205 Million Subscribers — If Streaming Is Slowing Down, It’s Not At Disney
"Disney is quickly closing in on Netflix's long-established streaming lead. The entertainment giant now has 205 million paid subscribers across all of its services" ...
Pianist Alexander Toradze, 69
During the second of the two concertos, he experienced acute heart failure while performing, but Toradze kept on playing, unaware of the medical danger. -...
