Opera buffa, the comic opera, is always a welcome entertainment. Unlike the opera seria, always dealing with gods, epic themes and ancient heroes, La Finta Giardiniera (“The Pretend Garden-Girl”) follows seven characters in a fast paced succession of disguise, misunderstandings, … Continue reading
© Chris Herzfeld – Camlight Production What is the body and what can be done with the body. But, even more important, what do the eyes see when they look at the bodies and their movements. The body becomes free … Continue reading
In der Ausstellung “Mythos Ferrari – Fotografien Günther Raupp” im Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte ist ein neuer Ferrari zu sehen. Es handelt sich um einen Ferrari 250GTE aus dem Jahr 1961. Dieser Sportwagen aus der legendären 250GT-Reihe fuhr 1962 auf der … Continue reading
Photo: Mat Hennek From the start of the 2009/10 season, Eivind Gullberg Jensen became Chief Conductor of NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover. Very much in demand as a guest conductor, this season’s highlights include return visits to Orchestre de Paris (with Nikolai … Continue reading
The long-running UK theatre company Cheek By Jowl has gained a reputation for updating classics of English literature, and the present production is no exception. John Ford’s 1633 tragedy ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore has been infamous since its … Continue reading
© Richard Haughton Almost in a fairytale-like setting, illustrated by a moving curtain of larger-than-life black-and-white picture book drawings, Akram Khan seems to be climbing up a tree and up to the treetop, meets upon an elephant of enormous … Continue reading
It is an honour to witness the performance of a living legend, whose musical career spans through most of the 20th century, and beyond it to date. When the white afro-haired and bearded old man walks up the stage with a shuffle, his tenor saxophone in hand, … Continue reading
August Stramm’s one-act play Rudimentär is rarely performed; indeed after its 1924 Berlin premiere it was not revived until the 1970s. Part of the reason for this lack of attention might be its particularity: the action takes place in … Continue reading
Anna Soler-Pont founded Pontas in 1992 inspired by a conversation in Cairo with Literature Nobel Prize Naguib Mahfouz (that had taken place in October 1991). She decided to become a literary agent and began a journey overland from Barcelona to … Continue reading
Anita, a former primary school teacher in her hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa, and in London, has written four great, rhyming, read aloud adventures about little kids with big dreams. These kids are brainy and brave and they’re going to … Continue reading