David Yearsley

The prophet Daniel (Ray Chenez) held aloft by the Chorus of Jews in Handel's Belshazzar at Berlin's Komische Oper. Photo: Jan Windszus.

Tax preparation by candlelight: Rembrandt, The Parable of the Rich Fool, 1627 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) “Taxman” turns 60 this year.

The Pierre Boulez Saal in central Berlin, which opened in 2017, hosts concerts with music and ideas from the ancient to the modern. Designed by Frank

A Renaissance man who survived the modern terrors of total war, Alexander Kluge died this week in Munich at the age of 94.

The History of Sound, directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus from a script by American Ben Shattuck that adapts his short story of the same

He came, he saw, he conquered. Then he went—first to the New World, before returning to the Old. His victories began in England: this invincible hero of

Cryptocurrency is the new alchemy. You can’t hold Ethereum or bite into a Bitcoin. Modern miners create virtual gold out of nothing. While the alchemists

The Chiaroscuro Quartet was founded in 2005 at London’s Royal College of Music by four young string players who shared a fascination with and commitment

Benjamin Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream with members the Children's Choirs of the Deutsche Oper and Jami Reid-Quarrell as Puck (photo: Deutsche Oper).

The last in the series of European spring holidays brought with it another long weekend. The occasion was Pentecost, when the mighty gusts of the Holy