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This Year’s Aix-en-Provence Festival Is Pierre Audi’s Last Act
This year’s edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival was planned by Audi but opened without him, following his death in May.
Published on: July 11, 2025, 7:53 pm
Justin Bieber’s Surprise Album ‘Swag,’ and 10 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Tyla, Kassa Overall, Syd, Jay Som and others.
Published on: July 11, 2025, 3:26 pm
“The Nine Jewelled Deer,” a New Opera, Has Nothing to Do With Antlers
Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.
Published on: July 11, 2025, 10:12 pm
Gilberto Gil Steps Away From the Stage, Vowing ‘My Music Will Continue’
At 83, the lauded Brazilian singer and songwriter whose career in music and politics has encompassed six decades is on a farewell tour.
Published on: July 9, 2025, 9:00 am
Bob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.
Published on: July 13, 2025, 11:46 am
Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.
Published on: July 12, 2025, 4:34 am
Rebekah Del Rio, Mournful Singer of ‘Mulholland Drive’ Fame, Dies at 57
Her pivotal role performing a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” in the 2001 David Lynch movie raised her profile, but her career was marked by misfortune.
Published on: July 11, 2025, 6:33 pm
Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.
Published on: July 12, 2025, 4:52 am
Does Lorde Still Want to Be a Star?
The beloved pop singer’s fourth album, “Virgin,” once again ponders whether being famous and obsessed over is all it’s cracked up to be.
Published on: July 10, 2025, 12:17 pm
In Des Moines, Big Operas and Big Ambitions Fill a Tiny Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.
Published on: July 10, 2025, 4:26 pm
Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74
To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans.
Published on: July 12, 2025, 5:51 am
The Surprising Presence in ‘The Gospel at Colonus’
In this revival at Little Island, the singer and pastor Kim Burrell shares the stage with a team of queer artists.
Published on: July 9, 2025, 8:15 pm
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Published on: July 8, 2025, 7:37 pm
Listening Back to When Janet Jackson Was for Lovers
Hear six sensual songs by the pop great.
Published on: July 8, 2025, 6:48 pm
Aix Festival: How to Experience It From Afar
Many of the offerings at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France are broadcast, or they travel to other theaters. Here are some highlights.
Published on: July 8, 2025, 1:25 pm
‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.
The sweep of graphic lawsuits accusing Sean Combs of sex abuse led to a sense that his criminal case might examine celebrity debauchery in the music industry. It did not.
Published on: July 8, 2025, 11:44 am
Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.
Published on: July 8, 2025, 9:01 am
Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy
Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Published on: July 7, 2025, 7:22 pm
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England
Heavy metal fans crossed continents to converge on Birmingham, England, and throw devil horns in honor of the Prince of Darkness and Black Sabbath.
Published on: July 7, 2025, 10:26 am
The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War
The violin by the famed Italian luthier was plundered at the end of World War II and presumed lost or destroyed. Now experts say they believe it has resurfaced.
Published on: July 6, 2025, 9:00 am