“Mary Poppins Returns”: Disney’s miraculous present
“There’s nowhere to go but up.” Those are the words Angela Lansbury and the cast of “Mary Poppins Returns” said at the end of Rob Marshall’s sequel to the beloved...
“There’s nowhere to go but up.” Those are the words Angela Lansbury and the cast of “Mary Poppins Returns” said at the end of Rob Marshall’s sequel to the beloved...
Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s beloved production of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. Soprano Erin Morley, last seen at the Met as...
“And even if I have studied for many years and all over the world, I have still been able to preserve the primitive in me. . . . My aim...
The holiday season is upon us. There will be presents, warmest greetings and cordial wishes. You’d love to relax watching your favourite Christmas-themed films. The Christmas chronicles It’s a pleasant...
Widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven dominates a period of musical history as no one else before or since. Rooted in the Classical traditions...
We all have cherished memories of the books we read and shared as children. Noble princes, friendly kind animals, fairy-tale heroes: these figures populate the vivid imaginary landscapes of our...
La Bayadère, Royal Opera House, London review: A night of powerful personalities and blazing dancing The Royal Ballet’s revival of La Bayadère is lit up by starry casting. Two of...
Margaret Mitchell, in full Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh, was born November 8, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. She is the author of the enormously popular novel Gone With the Wind...
A brilliant pianist, conductor and composer, Rachmaninov wrote a piano concerto that has become the nation’s favourite piece of classical music. A young musical genius Sergei Rachmaninov was born on...
The precocious son of a poor carpenter, Andrea Mantegna was just 17 when he painted a masterpiece that stunned his contemporaries of 570 years ago. Before he was 30, he...