Claude Montana, star designer of the Palace years dies
By AFP Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Published Feb 23, 2024 His signature was XXL shoulders and wasp waists. Fashion designer Claude Montana, who died in Paris on Friday at the …
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How Tencent is using AI and VR tech to revive traditional art of Chinese opera, with Hua Mulan just a beginning
Hua Mulan, a legendary heroine in ancient China who took her father’s place in conscription for the army by disguising herself as a man, is now known all over the …
Famed former Boston Symphony, TSO conductor Seiji Ozawa dead at 88
Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management …
Opera Review: Kristine Opolais, Golda Schultz and Lise Davidsen
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the New York Philharmonic performing works by Mozart and Mahler with soloists soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Francesco Piemontesi. ©2024 Chris Lee In recent years, the Met …
a Paris mansion not a French brand
Bernard Arnault used to be known for buying luxury brands. Now, his favorite pastime is snapping up buildings – the latest of which is a historic Paris mansion near the …
Review: Opera Queensland ‘Orpheus & Eurydice’ Is a Feast for the Eyes
Soprano Sandy Leung (L) as Eurydice. Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage ‘Modernizing’ opera with spare sets and costuming is an attractive proposition from several angles—smaller budgets and reduced complexity, among them. …
Observer Reviews: The 2024 Prototype Festival
The late James Jorden, Observer’s opera critic from 2014 through 2021, once wrote: “Season after season, PROTOTYPE introduces to New York pieces that shift the whole paradigm of what opera …
Review: ‘Chornobyldorf’ Burns Bright at the Prototype Festival
A dancer in ‘Chornobyldorf.’ Artem Galkin Chornobyldorf: Archeological Opera In Seven Novels is a post-apocalyptic opera in which the last surviving humans on Earth recreate our lost civilization through ritual …
Opera Browser for iOS Gets Free Inbuilt VPN, Allows Users to Browse Web Privately
Opera added a free inbuilt VPN (virtual private network) in its mobile browser for Android back in 2019. Years later, the company is now rolling out the free VPN feature …
Review: ‘Carmen’ with Aigul Akhmetshina at the Met
Aigul Akhmetshina in ‘Carmen’ at the Met. Ken Howard/Met Opera While its current season features well-loved, decades-old productions of La Bohème, Turandot and Tannhäuser, the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve …