Arts & Entertainment

The Peruvian light lyric tenor Luigi Alva, who was especially acclaimed for his stylish interpretations of Mozart and Rossini and sang on some of the great opera recordings of the mid-twentieth century, has died aged 98. Born in Paita in 1927, Alva studied at Peru’s Navy Academy before training as a singer, initially in Lima […]

A neuroimaging study examining episodic memory found that individuals exposed to music during memory recollection were more likely to incorporate emotions associated with the music into their memories. One day later, these memories exhibited a stronger emotional tone than the original recollections. The study was published in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. Music is a

However, Sims insisted he retained the confidence of the board, despite the poor results. “I don’t think I’d be here if I didn’t,” he said. Loading The results land as OA has yet to fill the key roles of artistic director Jo Davies and chief executive Fiona Allen, who resigned in quick succession of each

CNN  —  A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research. British historians were able to verify the document’s true authenticity after an academic stumbled across the item while looking through Harvard Law School’s

Sitting in his house in Rome, an overstuffed bookcase and a distressed wooden door behind him, Willem Dafoe scrunches his hair as though kneading the thoughts in his head. The 69-year-old, Wisconsin-born actor could pass today for any genial, bristle-moustached handyman in checked shirt and horn-rimmed specs. (Perhaps he even built the bookcase and distressed

Used-book stores or vintage-record shops, where hidden gems lurk like geodes waiting to be split open, play a role, too. Such venues don’t just preserve art; they bring enthusiasts together, spark conversations and cultivate new audiences. – The New York Times Source link

“The union, which they’re calling the ‘Kennedy Center United Arts Workers,’ would be in partnership with … the UAW. It would consist of nonsupervisory employees from artistic programming, education, marketing and development departments, along with administrators of the Washington National Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra.” – The Washington Post (MSN) Source link

Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Icelandic boyband VÆB were the first act to perform on the Eurovision stage this year Thirty-five seconds. That’s all the time you get to change the set at Eurovision. Thirty-five seconds to get one set of performers off the stage and put the next ones in the right place.