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Region: All MSRP: $21.99 The Production: 3.5/5 If youâre looking for biographical accuracy, donât look to Hollywood of the Golden Age especially if the subject is connected to the arts; its primary focus then was entertainment, not factual authenticity. Richard Thorpeâs The Great Caruso is a perfect example: a popular, celebrated artist whose real life story was fraught with legitimate drama but whose movie biography was reduced to a rags-to-riches-to-heartbreak trope: a story weâve seen multiple times in the movies only this time accentuated with glorious operatic arias (and a few pop numbers) to flesh out its predictable story. With MGMâs star tenor in the title role and assisted by some renowned opera names and a first-rate production, ....
Reviewing music off-piste: reflections on working beyond the comfort zone | reviews, news & interviews Reviewing music off-piste: reflections on working beyond the comfort zone Reviewing music off-piste: reflections on working beyond the comfort zone The joy of adventure on unfamiliar ground by Mark KidelWednesday, 17 February 2021 Paestum 5th century BC: taking the plunge into the unknown Writing for theartsdesk offers a freedom that I‘ve never experienced before. Encouraged by the much-missed Sue Steward and by Peter Culshaw, two of the website s founders, I started by writing solely about music – something I ve done since I was a student. But very soon, I was covering theatre in Bristol, where I lived at the time, and I occasionally wrote about the visual arts, and then the cinema. ....
Albums of the Decade 2011-2021 | reviews, news & interviews Albums of the Decade 2011-2021 Albums of the Decade 2011-2021 Our writers explain their choices from the last ten years by TheartsdeskTuesday, 16 February 2021 Queen Bey ponders whether she has made theartsdesk music review panel s Albums of the Decade On Valentine’s Day 2011 Disc of the Day album reviews sprang into being, and has been solidly reviewing five albums a week ever since. Out of the many thousands, which ones did we rate the most? To mark 10 years since its inception, 12 of theartsdesk’s music writers mark the occasion by choosing an Album of the Decade. They appear in alphabetical order by writer. ....