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4 days ago

What links champagne, Mozart and veal pie? The Saturday quiz ⊕⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From the ‘Intransigents’ to Simple Comforts and Cookery Bible, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What began to tilt in 1178?
2 Which deep-sea fish attracts prey with a glowing lure called an…

5 days ago

‘What’s the worst that can happen?’ How soprano Danielle de Niese turned to directing for The Marriage of Figaro ⊕

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Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is in the soprano’s DNA, but she’s never thought about directing it. Creating her own production has been daunting and fascinating – and her son’s building blocks even hel…

3 months ago

In an attempt to find new audiences and save money, opera companies are ‘throwing spaghetti at the wall’ to see what sticks. It often works

It’s Sunday and I’m in a suburban Ikea on the verge of tears…

Pekka Kuusisto: Willows album review – luminous, inventive and penetrating ⊕

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Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Kuusisto/Amidon
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The Finnish violinist-conductor strips back The Lark Ascending to revelatory effect in an album that moves from searing grief to radiant, folk-infu…

Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt

The Hungarian pianist Tamás Vásáry, who has died aged 92, was highly regarded for his elegance and clarity of …

5 months ago

The formula for Amadeus is simple: take the Oscar-winning 1984 movie as a template and turn every dial up to 11. This version is louder, cruder, gorier, angrier and raunchier.

Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany’s new TV drama is flat, airless and banal. It’s a crass affair with a thin, half-hearted performance from Sharpe

Here’s my position. If you are going to create a miniserie…

‘It’s fun to go to war with God’: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany on their sweaty, sacrilegious take on Amadeus ⊕

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Last time the fierce enmity between Mozart and Salieri was adapted for the screen, it won a best picture Oscar. Now a new TV version turns up the temperature several notches – but will its stars deve…

6 months ago

The Guardian view on Turner and Constable: radical in different ways | Editorial ⊕

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Capturing the changing landscapes of the 18th century, the rivals transformed British art. The climate emergency gives new urgency to their work

JMW Turner appears on £20 notes and gives his name to B…

7 months ago

The uniquely irreverent artist, whose work includes everyone from Mozart to Sonic Youth, has a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

On a recent Friday night in the vast atrium space of the…

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