By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | ArtsBeat/The New York Times ROME – The remains of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the opulent villa that the Emperor Nero built for himself in the center of Rome, will reopen to guided visits on Sunday six years after it was closed because of collapses and safety concerns. The visits will…
Read moreBy DOREEN CARVAJAL | ArtsBeat/The New York Times PARIS — After five years locked in storage or roaming on traveling exhibitions, a trove of Pablo Picasso’s works have been put back on display in their remodeled home, a 17th-century mansion in the Marais district. On Saturday, the heavy doors of the mansion will swing open to…
Read moreBy CARA BUCKLEY | ArtsBeat/The New York Times The clock is ticking down to the beginning of the months-long bacchanal of wooing, jockeying and spending known as the Hollywood awards season, and on Thursday one of the kickoff events, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, announced its nominees for best actors, directors and films. True to…
Read moreBy Lars Brandle | Billboard.com Australian country singer Kasey Chambers has been told to quieten things down for a while after she was diagnosed with small nodules and inflammation on her vocal cords. Over the next few months, Chambers will undergo vocal therapy to repair the damage and, ultimately, avoid surgery. As a result…
Read moreBy BEN SISARIOOCT | ArtsBeat/The New York Times One of the few certainties in the music business these days is that if Taylor Swift puts out a new album, it will sell by the truckload. Her last two records, “Red” and “Speak Now,” each sold more than one million copies in its first week…
Read moreCROSS-GENRE DUETS WITH LITTLE BIG TOWN AND MIRANDA LAMBERT ARE IN THE WORKS. By Jon Freeman | COUNTRY WEEKLY The Country Music Association Awards aren’t just for country music anymore, as most folks are probably aware. But the cross-genre television ratings grab slated for the show’s 2014 edition on Wednesday, Nov. 5, is actually…
Read moreBY NEVIN FARRELL / Belfast Telegraph (UK) World-renowned Belfast flautist Sir James Galway and more than 30 leading names in the classical music world have made a plea for the Ulster Orchestra to be saved. Sir James – the first Artist Laureate of the Ulster Orchestra – and others who have worked with the orchestra…
Read moreBy Greg Cwik | Indiewire The legendary French actress sits down with Indiewire to discuss her recent slate of projects. Juliette Binoche, also known as La Binoche, is one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. The first actress to win the Triple Crown (Best Actress awards at Cannes, Venice, and Berlin), she’s appeared…
Read moreBy ALLAN KOZINN / ArtsBeat/The New York Times Philip Glass’s big-ticket works, for the last 35 years, have been operas and symphonies, with works for the smaller, electronic keyboard-based chamber ensembles with which he made his name inevitably taking a back seat. But for many of Mr. Glass’s most ardent fans, some of the composer’s…
Read moreBy AFP & Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – France’s government is drawing up a new set of rules for theatres after the Paris Opera ejected a woman for wearing a veil during a performance, the institution’s deputy director said Sunday. The incident took place when a veiled woman was spotted on the front row of a performance…
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