Austria

Underground Vienna is preserve of vampires and blues singers in two Berlinale films

(Isabelle Huppert digs in to a pre-ball snack in vampire film "Die Blutgräfin" ) By Michael Roddy There could not have been a more vivid onscreen fashion statement among all the almost 300 films shown at this year's Berlinale, which ends on Sunday, than French actress Isabelle Huppert in a blood-red dress with endless blood-red…Read more Underground Vienna is preserve of vampires and blues singers in two Berlinale films

Maestro Muti Lauds Music’s “Flower Power” at Vienna Jan 1 Concert for No One

Riccardo Muti conducts Vienna Philharmonic at 2021 New Year's Day concert in Musikverein concert hall without audience due to Covid restrictions. -- Photo from livestream. Something was distinctly missing from the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert of Strauss waltzes and other classical bon-bons on Friday: a live audience in Vienna's historic Musikverein. The…Read more Maestro Muti Lauds Music’s “Flower Power” at Vienna Jan 1 Concert for No One