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Candide review – WNO go for broke with picaresque, Pythonesque craziness

Ed Lyon stands out in the titular role and there’s some witty animation, but Bernstein’s operetta feels too frenetic, with extra fizz forcefully injected

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

The teaser for Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey’s new LGBTQ+ series Fellow Travelers is here: get hyped

We’ve got fireworks, we’ve got kissing in alleyways and we have corridor meet-cutes

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2023

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 · Jun 4, 2023

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 · Mar 1, 2023

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…

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2023

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 · Feb 7, 2023

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 · Feb 7, 2023

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 · Jan 20, 2023

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 · Jan 12, 2023

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 · Jan 2, 2023