Why isn't it the United States like Josephine Baker?
Published January 28, 2025 There is a certain idea that France has from America, and the French have of themselves,…
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Dolce & Gabbana's 'Du Coeur à la Main' conquers Paris
Published January 10, 2025 Dolce & Gabbana has never held a fashion show in Paris, but it looks set to…
How music serves emotion in 'María' by Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín practically sings when he talks about music. He was listening to John Coltrane on his walk to the…
Netflix's 'Maria' and Angelina Jolie misinterpret María Callas
Here we go again. In Hollywood's continued sad attempts to question the joy of music by downsizing stellar classical musicians,…
'Maria' review: Jolie's Callas is a cold, one-note bore
María Callas rose to fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, the eternally damned opera heroines. If the…
A very loving vision of fashion.
Published November 16, 2024 Fashion's closest creative relative is photography, and few photographers have been more beloved in the fashion…
a cornerstone of your communication strategy
Translated by Roberta Herrera Published September 20, 2024 On Monday 23 September, Paris' historic Place de l'Opéra will be transformed…
Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl: Everything under the sun
In the final week of the 2005 Hollywood Bowl season, a baby-faced conductor made his American debut in front of…
Bill Viola was known as a video artist, but music was his muse.
On a stormy, humid summer day in 2003, as I approached the Oberhausen Gasometer, which the Third Reich used to…
Big changes afoot for San Francisco symphony, opera and Kronos
The weather was a pleasure. While much of the rest of the country was burning, San Francisco last weekend looked…