In 1827, Berlioz saw Harriet Smithson for the first time, playing Ophelia in a production of Hamlet. Hopelessly smitten, he turned his entire life upside down to meet her. Frantic months turned into years when he suddenly heard rumors about Harriet and another man. Believing himself cured, he wrote a ‘fantastic’ symphony complete with a special theme, the idée fixe, to represent his former obsession.
Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orche...
With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...
‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846)...
A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.
Shaquille O'Neal turns up the heat for the second edition of the All Star Comedy Jam, with the lege...
Looking For a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration is a collection of personal stories about defining...
A panel of real-life doctors discuss sexual hangups, misconceptions, personal prejudices and the ign...
In “Dutch Influence” Dutch DJ’s tell how they experience success and what this success entails. They...
Hereford’s own Ellie Goulding topped the BBC Sound of 2010 list. In the same year she won the Critic...
The impact of mass incarceration is explored through an annual charity trip that takes children to v...
Recorded on the 13th. of August 2016 in the city Torre del Lago doing the Festival Puccini at the Gr...
In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war o...
In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pad...
An Evening with Peter Ustinov is a fireworks of polyglot humour. Two-time Oscar winner and ennobled ...
Marked by losses and mismatches, José's eccentric family seek to be happy while locked in Paraíso Pe...
The film is about oilman who had beautiful voice. He didn't attach great importance to his friends i...
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat Major, Op. 56a Joseph Haydn: Concerto for...
The Samodurov family lives in the village of Ugljanets, Voronezh Region. Shura and her brothers Alyo...