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Grand ‘West Side Story’ revival proves there’s a place for musical theater at the opera house

Propulsive Lyric Opera staging of the masterpiece pays careful attention to shaping the characters.

Chicago Sun-Times

All the right moves: ‘West Side Story’ choreography stands the test of time

Choreographer Joshua Bergasse is re-staging the Tony Award-winning musical’s demanding footwork in a Lyric Opera production.

Chicago Sun-Times

Broadway legend Chita Rivera dances through her life in a new memoir

In Chita: A Memoir, Rivera recounts her career originating roles in major Broadway shows. Now 90, Rivera remembers West Side Story from the beginning: "I was there at the first flicker of the skirt!"

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Van Zweden to end NY Philharmonic tenure with Mahler's 2nd

Jaap van Zweden will conduct Mahler’s Second Symphony in his farewell concerts as the New York Philharmonic’s music director from June 6-8, 2024, ending a season that will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts

The Independent UK

Christian Thielemann leads Vienna Philharmonic US tour

Christian Thielemann is leading the Vienna Philharmonic’s six-concert U.S. tour as another symphony of his Bruckner cycle with the orchestra is released on CD

The Independent UK

Harassment, hierarchies and discreetly rubbed trousers: the exhausting politics of orchestras

Cate Blanchett film Tár shows how damaging a maniacal conductor can be – but, as musicians explain, orchestras are riven with other serious structural issues

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

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Gustavo Dudamel to become the first Latino to head the New York Philharmonic

The 42-year-old Venezuelan conductor will be ending a heralded tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic that began in 2009.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dudamel to become NY Philharmonic music director, leave LA

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the New York Philharmonic for the 2026-27 season, ending a tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic that began in 2009

The Independent UK

Absolute power, misconduct and decline: the classical music pieces that unlock Tár

In his controversial film, Todd Field foregrounds melancholic works by Mahler and Elgar. Are they a requiem for Cate Blanchett’s supremely powerful conductor?

The Guardian - UK

Tár – an exploration of the flawed musicians behind decadent music

Tár (2022) follows superstar conductor Lydia Tár, played by Cate Blanchett, as she conducts the Berlin Philharmonic (represented in the film by the Dresden Philharmonic) in a much-anticipated performance of Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

The Conversation

10 movies that show promise in 2023 — and aren’t sequels

Besides all the follow-ups and reboots, this year will bring original stories of Barbie, Leonard Bernstein, Enzo Ferrari, the father of the A-bomb, Dracula’s lackey and a coked-up bear.

Chicago Sun-Times

Feed your soul: the 31-day classical music diet for January

From gentle awakening to explosive fanfare, duelling pianos to one chill lone voice, expand your horizons with a month’s worth of classical ear-openers

The Guardian - UK

Ned Rorem obituary

American composer with a genius for dramatic characterisation who won the Pulitzer prize in 1976

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Harding review – gorgeous Mahler with expressionist edge

Daniel Harding led a modernist interpretation of Mahler’s Ninth full of fierce drama, eloquence and intensity, in the orchestra’s thrilling return to this hall

The Guardian - UK

‘I want my work to be invisible’: Hollywood’s prosthetics maestros share their secrets

How makeup masters lay the foundation for award-worthy performances, from transforming Bradley Cooper into Bernstein to helping Brendan Fraser play a very obese man in The Whale

The Guardian - UK

Candide review – Voltaire and Bernstein enter the social media era

A brilliantly reimagined and boldly immersive promenade performance, complete with flashmob choir, plays to the strengths of Leonard Bernstein’s witty operetta

The National (Scotland)

Candide: An outdoor opera for our times and a breath of fresh air

CANDIDE, the satirical novella by Voltaire, is one of the great works of philosophical literature. First published in 1759, the book takes a darkly…

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Bradley Cooper looks completely unrecognisable as Leonard Bernstein in new Netflix film

The actor has completely transformed to play the American composer

Daily Mirror

Bradley Cooper looks unrecognisable as he transforms under prosthetics for new film role

Bradley Cooper stars as conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein in the Netflix movie, Maestro. The project began filming in May

The Independent UK

Maestro: Netflix fans ‘freak out’ over image of ‘unrecognisable’ Bradley Cooper in new Leonard Bernstein film

‘THIS IS HOW YOU DO MAKEUP,’ one person wrote

The Independent UK

Maestro: Netflix fans freak out over image of ‘unrecognisable’ Bradley Cooper in new Leonard Bernstein film

‘THIS IS HOW YOU DO MAKEUP,’ one person wrote

The Independent UK

Richard Gere helps Carnegie Hall raise money for Ukraine

Actor Richard Gere hosted a benefit concert for Ukraine at Carnegie Hall that raised $360,000 for Direct Relief, a humanitarian organization providing medical aid

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What is Ukrainian music, and what does it say about the war?

LOS ANGELES — The first week of May, I attended four concerts. All four, whether by chance or intent, had a connection with Ukraine. That was obvious the first day of May at a benefit concert for Ukraine put on by the Wende Museum and Jacaranda Music at the Robert…

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