Culture

In the first decades of phonography, listening to a symphony orchestra on record meant accepting a sound fiction: a reduced ensemble, without real bass or dynamic contrasts, very far removed…

The origin of the Vienna Philharmonic’s invitation to Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Montreal, 50 years old) to conduct its prestigious New Year’s Concert has a relationship as unexpected as it is revealing…

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra announced this Thursday, during its New Year’s concert, the name of the conductor who will take charge of the New Year’s Concert 2027. This announcement follows…

Certain films cannot go at half throttle. They go with everything. In fact, they must go all out because that is their only option in the face of the difficulties…

American actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., well known for his role as corrupt senator Clay Davis in the series The Wiredied at the age of 71 in New York, as reported…

Aitana Castaño, 45 years old, lives in the town of La Barraca, near the famous María Luisa well, in her native Langreo, one of the hearts of the mining basin.…

People go to the movies less. To be exact, 8% less than last year. The data was made public this Tuesday by the cinema billboard auditing company Comscore in a…

It is difficult to think of a novel, or a movie, without the basic cell of architecture: the house. In the theater it is unusual for dramas and comedies not…

Charles III’s order was devastating: all paintings in the Royal Collections that showed nudity had to be burned. That included some of the best works in the history of art…

Sometimes—though almost never—disasters in the art world end in miracles. In 2012, a small church in Borja became the setting for one of them. Many remember the painting of Behold…