Europe

“Das Licht” opens 75th Berlinale with an immigrant puzzler — and tale of the supernatural

With immigrants as a central theme, plus a nod to Jordan Peele's “Get Out”and musical numbers staged on Berlin streets that could come from an ABBA film, German director Tom Tykwer's “Das Licht” (The Light) opened the 75th Berlinale film festival on Thursday with an enigma. Which side of the intensely controversial issue of wholesale…Read more “Das Licht” opens 75th Berlinale with an immigrant puzzler — and tale of the supernatural

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