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Simon Callow says he has ‘never been to a rock concert’ ahead of rock star role

The 75-year old is set to portray a washed up rock star in the comedy horror Murder Ballads: How To Make It In Rock ‘N’ Roll.

Evening Standard

“How daring to have a long intro before he’s even singing. It’s like psychedelic Mozart”: With The Rose Of Laura Nyro, Elton John and Brandi Carlile are paying tribute to both a 'forgotten' songwriter and the lost art of the long song intro

“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

MusicRadar

Detroit production of Mozart opera turns its female characters into automatons

Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of “Cosi fan tutte” to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO

The Independent UK

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CEO of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two isn't worried about AI-generated slop games: 'It’s built on data that already exists, it’s backward-looking—big hits are forward-looking'

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The week in classical: Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte – review

In uncertain times, future stars shine in two new Mozart productions – a fizzing 80s Figaro and a hospital-set Magic Flute that strikes one uneasy note…

The Guardian - UK

Czech Phil/Bychkov review – fiendish Mozart duo contrasts with gargantuan Mahler

The Labèque sisters gave an uncannily composite performance of Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos, then chief conductor Semyon Bychkov took the Czech Philharmonic through a mighty rendering of Mahler’s Fifth

The Guardian - UK

Jennie Garth slams the Oscars’ in memoriam segment for Shannen Doherty snub

The late ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star was omitted from the memoriam slideshow alongside ‘Gossip Girl’ actor Michelle Trachtenberg

The Independent UK

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Mozart: Serenades; Gran Partita review – bright tones and period-instrument agility

The Gran Partita is a supreme instrumental masterpiece and Baldeyrou and his ensemble do it full justice in this first disc of a Mozart series

The Guardian - UK

Renée Fleming to make directing debut at Aspen Festival this July in Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte'

Soprano Renée Fleming will make her directing debut in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” at the Aspen Festival with three performances from July 21-26

The Independent UK

Calixto Bieito takes on Wagner's Ring Cycle, a quarter century after first shocking audiences

Provoking boos 25 years ago for radical stagings saturated with sex and violence, Calixto Bieito at age 61 has transformed from a European regietheater enfant terrible to a patriarch

The Independent UK

How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future

How might you make your mark on the world forever? Write a play more timeless than Shakespeare, or compose music to out-do Mozart, or score the winning goal in the next World Cup final, perhaps?

The Conversation

The Marriage of Figaro review – WNO’s staging has punch and plenty to savour

The 2016 production – revived by Max Hoehn – emphasises the farcical rather than subversive aspects of Mozart’s opera. It took a while to settle down, with conductor Kerem Hasan setting a frenetic pace

The Guardian - UK

The Marriage of Figaro review – Mozart as hotel farce is sparky but scrappy

Joe Hill-Gibbins’ stylish 2020 staging finally gets a full run, with Nardus Williams in glorious voice as the Countess matched by a strong cast

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the Madhouse: The wild history of NASCAR at Bowman Gray Stadium

NASCAR's Clash returns to Bowman Gray Stadium, a .25-mile track with a history of chaos and fights. Here's how it earned the nickname 'The Madhouse'

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of it

The Guardian - UK

Man, 88, passes grade 8 piano with distinction, 67 years after taking grade 7

Ray Eveleigh says playing helps keep his brain active and wife and daughter encouraged him to go for grade 8

MusicRadar

“Most of the classical venues have a very arrogant attitude towards pop music, which is what I’m considered to be by most of them”: Nils Frahm hits out at genre snobbery

“Most of the classical venues have a very arrogant attitude towards pop music, which is what I’m considered to be by most of them”

The Guardian - AU

Squid Game returns, Skeleton Crew and Longlegs: what’s new to streaming in Australia in December

Plus Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune: Part Two, a snackable TV series set in the world of Inside Out and a massively underrated Australian drama

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“I failed because a term has been created around the type of music I make”: Nils Frahm on struggling within the classical music space and navigating the live world

“I failed because a term has been created around the type of music I make”

Latin Times

7-Year-Old 'Mozart' of Coding Offered Job at Russian Cybersecurity Firm

A coding genius was offered the head of corporate training position at Pro32, a Russian cybersecurity firm, that he can accept when he turns the legal working age of 14.

The Independent UK

Soldiers fighting on Ukraine’s front line react to Trump’s election win

Trump promises to end the war swiftly once elected

The Independent UK

Khatia Buniatishvili is a classical music superstar. Her new album honors Mozart — in her own way

Khatia Buniatishvili has been one of the most well-known classical musicians for more than a decade

Evening Standard

Jacob Collier: 'We're at the frontier of change - I’m terrified and thrilled by what’s about to happen.'

Friends with Chris Martin and Stormzy and dubbed the ‘Mozart of Gen Z’... what’s next for the artist who honed his considerable gifts in his bedroom?

The Guardian - UK

Esoteric universe of Loewe is a smash hit for Jonathan Anderson

Gleaming marquee wallpapered with violin sheet music is venue for spectacular Paris show

The Guardian - UK

BBC arts chief hits back at accusations from Dimbleby and Bragg

Suzy Klein defends BBC’s ‘incredibly strong and passionate’ commitment to culture programming

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