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Legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will sing with Shania Twain, Karol G, Chris Stapleton, and more on his new Duets album, arriving Oct. 25 via Decca Records/Sugar Music.

Twain joins Bocelli on the album’s lead single, “Da Stanotte in Poi,” an operatic, string-filled, bilingual rendition of Twain’s 1997 hit, “From This Moment On.” Bocelli and Twain begin by trading verses in their respective languages, before finally bringing their powerhouse vocals together.

Duets will feature a mix of old and new collaborations to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Bocelli’s first album,...

Los Angeles, May 8 (Ians) Lionel Richie and Katy Perry weren’t able to perform their normal tasks as judges on Sunday night’s ‘American Idol’, as they were across the pond performing for the coronation of King Charles III, reports ‘Variety’. So they brought back a souvenir for the show: The actual just-crowned King and Queen.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were surprise guests on ‘American Idol’, in a pre-taped package introduced at the start of the show by host Ryan Seacrest, ‘Variety’ notes. The clip opens with Richie and Perry, in a room that appears to be inside Windsor Castle. Suddenly, in walks the King and Queen.

“I just wanted to check, how much, how long you’ll be using this room for?” King Charles quipped to Richie, according to ‘Variety’. Charles then thanked Richie for attending and performing at the coronation.

“Thank you so much for your...

Andrea Bocelli gave the newly crowned King Charles III exactly what he wanted with a stunning performance of a special song at the grand coronation ceremony on Sunday.

Ahead of the performance at Windsor Castle, Bocelli spoke with Et’s Kevin Frazier about the event and the song he performed with fellow opera legend Sir Bryn Terfel.

“The king asked for the song, ‘You Will Never Walk Alone,'” Bocelli explained. “I think he likes this song also for the meaning… ‘You Will Never Walk Alone’ means you will never be alone. It’s an encouragement, for himself.”

The song itself famously comes from the iconic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, from 1945, and has been covered to great fanfare by many renowned artists who, like Bocelli, reimagined it in a different style.

The star-studded Coronation Concert was a grand affair, and Bocelli said he felt honored to be a part...

The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday had all manner of bizarre rituals and moments, but perhaps one of the weirdest was revealed on Sunday night when the newly minted British monarch and his wife Queen Camilla made an appearance on American Idol.

In a pre-taped segment, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry had called into the latest episode of Idol to explain their absence as they were in London performing at Sunday’s The Coronation Concert in celebration of Charles acceding to the throne. Speaking to Idol host Ryan Seacrest, Richie and Perry appeared to be in a grand room inside Windsor Castle, where the concert took place.

Charles and Camilla then wander into the shot and rather awkwardly ask when Richie and Perry would be finished using the room they were filming the segment.

In the absence of Richie and Perry, two crown subjects, Alanis Morissette (Canadian) and...

Lionel Richie and Katy Perry weren’t able to perform their normal tasks as judges on Sunday night’s “American Idol,” as they were across the pond performing for the coronation of King Charles III. So they brought back a souvenir for the show: The actual just-crowned King and Queen.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were surprise guests on “American Idol,” in a pre-taped package introduced at the start of the show by host Ryan Seacrest. The clip opens with Richie and Perry, in a room that appears to be inside Windsor Castle. Suddenly, in walks the King and Queen.

“I just wanted to check, how much, how long you’ll be using this room for?” King Charles quipped to Richie. Charles then thanked Richie for attending and performing at the coronation. “Thank you so much for your brilliant performance and it was great,” he said.

“We understand there’s a party,...

It was the U.K.’s first coronation in 70 years — a cause even Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise and Pierce Brosnan had to celebrate.

A star-studded lineup for King Charles III’s Coronation Concert took to an enormous stage on Windsor Castle grounds, the historic building a shimmering backdrop for a crowd of 20,000 on Sunday night.

The polished gardens — tidy from the monarch’s “7 a.m. weeding,” joked Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville, who served as host for the event — were a sea of red, white and royal blue as fans across the country gathered to toast to the king and queen.

In and among performances from Katy Perry, Nicole Scherzinger and Lionel Richie (the latter managing to tempt the king out of his seat for some bobbing to All Night Long) were video messages of congratulations and “Did you know?” facts about Charles from Hollywood royalty.

“Pilot-to-pilot, Your Majesty, you...

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Tom Cruise led the American contingent joining a list of international artists performing at the UK’s first ever Coronation Concert on Sunday evening.

Katy Perry referenced her close links with the King, the pair working together on the Prince’s Asian Trust, while Lionel Richie was the first ever global ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, which has been helping young people for over five decades.

King Charles, Queen Camilla and other royal family members took their seats to watch the stars perform on a specially constructed golden stage at Windsor Castle.

Despite the A-list lineup, arguably the most dazzling part of the night came with an aerial lightshow, powered by drones, highlighting the natural world, while Alexis Ffrench sang Simple Minds’ anthem ‘Don’t You Forget About Me.’

This was the first time there had ever been a Coronation Concert, and the first...

The coronation of King Charles III at London’s Westminster Abbey drew worldwide media coverage on Saturday, but the celebrations will continue on Sunday, including a big Coronation Concert.

Take That, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Tom Cruise and others will bring star power to the event.

Find out details on when and where the concert will take place and what performers will be featured below.

When and where is the Coronation Concert?

The musical event will unfold on the grounds of Windsor Castle, a residence of the British Royal Family and the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, just west of London. It is scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. London time/3 p.m. New York time/noon L.A. time.

Thousands of members of the public, who won tickets via a ballot, and volunteers from the King and Queen’s charities will get to attend the concert.

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor is all set to share stage with icons such as Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Tom Cruise at King Charles’ Coronation Concert on May 7.

She has been invited to deliver an exclusive spoken word piece at the highly-anticipated King Charles III’s Coronation Concert where she will be introducing Steve Winwood and the exclusive Commonwealth virtual choir on May 7, at the Windsor Castle, United Kingdom.

On May 6, the Coronation of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen Consort will be held at Westminster Abbey, followed by a celebratory concert on May 7 at Windsor Castle.

The concert will feature global music icons and contemporary stars celebrating the historic occasion.

On the occasion, Sonam mentioned: “I am honoured to join the Commonwealth virtual choir for this ceremony, celebrating His Majesty’s love for music and art. It’s a momentous occasion that signifies a commitment to a positive,...

Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, and Joan Collins have been added to the plans for the May 7 King’s Coronation Concert,

The new additions will appear in pre-recorded sketches for the event. TV host Bear Grylls, “Strictly Come Dancing” professional Oti Mabuse, and Winnie the Pooh will also make appearances, the latter a potential call-back to the Paddington Bear star turn with Queen Elizabeth that was a memorable part of the Platinum Party at the Palace event in 2022.

The concert will be staged at Windsor Castle and will be broadcast on BBC TV and radio. About 20,000 attendees are expected.

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, a reunion of some members of Take That, classical acts Andrea Bocelli and singer Sir Bryn Terfel, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, Steve Winwood, Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls, Chinese pianist Lang Lang, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage, DJ Pete Tong, and the teenage winner of “The Piano” TV talent show,...

King Charles III’s coronation concert will include some surprising faces including Tom Cruise, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, and Winnie the Pooh. The three, diversely talented celebrities have all attended royal events in the past, according to Variety; Cruise attended Princess Diana’s funeral in ’97, Scherzinger participated in a pageant for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last year, and Pooh attended a Buckingham Palace children’s garden party in ’06. The festivities will take place May 7 at Windsor Castle for an audience of 20,000.

“I am incredibly honored to be...

King Charles III’s coronation is almost upon us, with a Bank Holiday weekend full of celebrations fast approaching.

The official coronation takes place on Saturday 6 May, with a coronation concert taking place the following evening on Sunday 7 May.

Staged at Windsor Castle and broadcast across the BBC, the concert will feature performances from Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.

Last summer, a royal concert was staged at Buckingham Palace for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, titled the Party at the Palace concert. Rod Stewart, Diana Ross and Queen were among those to perform.

Here’s everything you need to know:

When and where is the concert taking place?

The coronation concert take part on the evening of Sunday 7 May, ahead of Bank Holiday Monday on 8 May.

The concert will be staged on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle, marking the first time a concert has been held in the grounds.

Lionel Richie has admitted that he was somewhat “surprised” to be asked to perform at King Charles III’s coronation concert.

As part of May’s coronation celebrations, a live concert will be staged at Windsor Castle and broadcast across the BBC on Sunday 7 May, one day after Charles is officially crowned on Saturday 6 May. You can find out everything you need to know here.

The line-up for the concert was announced last week, with Richie performing alongside his fellow American Idol judge Katy Perry, as well as the reformed pop group Take That.

Speaking to People about his involvement, Richie said despite having known Charles for “a long time”, being asked to perform at the concert had been an “honour”.

“I mean, you don’t get in the business and say, ‘You know what? I’ll be at the King’s coronation.’ You know, that just never comes up,...

Lionel Richie is going to be keeping the party going all night long when it comes time for King Charles III’s forthcoming coronation.

The iconic singer and “American Idol” judge walked the carpet at the 9th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Saturday — a star-studded gala honoring acclaimed science and mathematics luminaries — and he spoke with Et’s Denny Directo about being asked to perform at the historic Royal event.

“It’s an honour,” Richie said. “I mean, first of all, when you’ve been in the business a long time, and, of course, when you get an invitation like this, the answer is absolutely.”

“We’ve been friends a long time, I’ve known him a long time, but to be asked is the whole thing,” Richie added, referring to King Charles — who Richie has worked alongside for many...

King Charles III’s coronation is almost upon us, with a Bank Holiday weekend full of celebrations fast approaching.

The official coronation takes place on Saturday 6 May, with a coronation concert taking place the following evening on Sunday 7 May.

Staged at Windsor Castle and broadcast across the BBC, the concert will feature performances from Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.

Last summer, a royal concert was staged at Buckingham Palace for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, titled the Party at the Palace concert. Rod Stewart, Diana Ross and Queen were among those to perform.

Here’s everything you need to know…

When and where is the concert taking place?

The coronation concert take part on the evening of Sunday 7 May, ahead of Bank Holiday Monday on 8 May.

The concert will be staged on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle, marking the first time a concert has been held in the grounds.

Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among the musical acts who will be performing at the coronation concert.

The official coronation takes place on Saturday 6 May, with a coronation concert taking place the following day on Sunday 7 May.

Also on the line-up are Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli and Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel.

They will be joined by singer-songwriter Freya Ridings and classical-soul composer Alexis Ffrench.

More musical acts are due to be announced soon.

The event, celebrating the crowning of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla, will take place at Windsor Castle in front of a crowd of 20,000 members of the public and invited guests.

It will be broadcast across BBC television and radio stations.

Speaking about the scheduled Take That performance, BBC has said that three of the original band members will feature: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen.

They said, however, that...

King Charles’ upcoming coronation will include a celebratory concert held at Windsor Castle on May 7th. However, after several UK artists reportedly declined to take part in the festivities, a pair of American artists have been booked as headliners: Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.

Adele, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, and Elton John were among the UK artists who reportedly passed up invitations to celebrate Charles’ monarchy.

The King of England did manage to book one UK act in pop group Take That, who will be playing their first show in four years at the coronation. However, Robbie Williams, who left the group in 2014, is not expected to take part in the performance.

Other confirmed acts include opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Sir Bryn Terfel, singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, and classical composer Alexis Ffrench.

The concert will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds.

King Charles...

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Take That and Andrea Bocelli are set to perform for King Charles’ Coronation concert, the Guardian confirmed. They will be joined by bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, singer Freya Ridings and composer-producer Alexis Ffrench.

The artists will gather at Windsor Castle on May 7 for a crowd of 20,000 members of the public and invited guests. The event will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Sounds. BBC, which is organizing the coronation, said that the concert “will celebrate a new chapter in the nation’s history,...

Katy Perry, Take That, Andrea Bocelli, and Lionel Richie are the headline names announced as the first stars set to appear at King Charles III’s coronation concert, taking place the day after his installment.

The event will be held on the grounds of Windsor Castle on May 7.

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings, and classical-soul composer-producer Alexis Ffrench will also be performing at the celebration.

Show producer BBC Studios said additional names will be confirmed. The show was reportedly struggling weeks ago to attract name talent, with decliners alleging political and scheduling reasons.

Robbie Williams is not expected to perform with Take That band members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The show is something of a reunion for the group, who have not performed as a unit in years.

The show anticipates saluting the four nations of the UK, with community...

Global music icons are set to dominate a celebration concert for the coronation of King Charles III on May 7.

The first performers announced to take the stage at Windsor Castle include pop icons Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, the British band Take That and singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.

“To share the stage with the other performers at The Coronation Concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will be an honor and a celebration,” Richie said in a statement on Friday. The “We Are The World” charity single co-writer, who was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was earlier named as the first global ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, a key charity for King Charles III and so was widely tipped to perform at the coronation celebration.

The BBC, which will produce and broadcast the concert, also said opera stars Andrea Bocelli and Bryn Terfel will perform a duet together,...

Tom Jones, Sian Phillips & Michael Sheen Join ‘Under Milk Wood’ Cast Tom Jones, Sian Phillips and Michael Sheen have joined the cast of Under Milk Wood, BBC Wales TV’s adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ “play for voices.” Jones stars as the blind and tormented Captain Cat, with Sheen among several actors playing First Voice and Second Voice, including Matthew Rhys and John Rhys Davies. The cast also includes Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd and opera star Bryn Terfel. Since its debut on radio 60 years ago, the tale of the residents of the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub has been adapted as a stage play, an opera, and a 1972 starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Marco Frazier Upped To Svp At AMC/Sundance Channel Global AMC/Sundance Channel Global has promoted Marco Frazier to Svp Global Distribution, Emea. Based in Italy, he will oversee the channel’s distribution in the region. Frazier...

Michael Sheen, legendary singer Tom Jones and acclaimed veteran actress Sian Phillips have joined the cast of "Under Milk Wood" for BBC Wales TV.

The project is an adaptation of Dylan Thomas' "play for voices" with Jones starring as the blind and tormented Captain Cat.

The tale follows the residents of the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub. Sheen is one of several actors playing First Voice and Second Voice, as is Matthew Rhys and John Rhys Davies.

Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd and opera star Bryn Terfel also star.

Source: Deadline...

Wozzeck, Salome, Sweeney Todd—it's the season of bloodied blades and cankered psyches, displayed in musical splendor. At the New York Philharmonic, the ceremony of innocence began with the rituals of concert hall decorum: white tie and tails, orchestra tuning, polite bows. The soloists filed on in oratorio-like stiffness, and then came deliberate mayhem. Bryn Terfel flung aside his binder of music, and the rest of the cast followed. Gowns were shredded and flower vases dropped. Demure choristers mutated into snarling toughs, a handful of whom flipped a piano, hoisted it into the air, and let it drop with a crash. Shorn of its upturned legs, the concert grand turned into a platform — another bit of topography on the stage’s fluid terrain.While all this insanity flared, singers and orchestra maintained a terrifying discipline, ruthlessly snapping out Stephen Sondheim’s internal rhymes and ominous melodies. Alan Gilbert has already...

British actor plays Mrs Lovett alongside Bryn Terfel for just five performances at the Avery Fisher Hall

Emma Thompson has made her New York stage debut to critical acclaim but it will be over in a flash – there will be only five performances of her playing London's worst piemaker .

After a gap of nearly 25 years since she last took to the stage, Thompson is starring alongside Bryn Terfel in a concert production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Avery Fisher Hall.

She plays Mrs Lovett and when she began the run on Wednesday she was following in some impressive footsteps. Angela Lansbury won a Tony after originating the role in 1979 and the character has been played in the West End by Sheila Hancock, Julia McKenzie and in 2012, Imelda Staunton.

So how did she do? Writing for the Guardian, Kayla Epstein said Thompson "not only held her own against more experienced vocalists,...

She’s more than proven her acting chops on screen, and it’s evident that Emma Thompson's talent translates well to the stage.

The “Stranger Than Fiction” actress starred in the New York Philharmonic’s “Sweeney Todd,” which opened at Avery Fisher Hall last night (March 5).

Of the gig, Emma told press, “It's been the greatest thrill so far. When [my costar] Bryn Terfel sang his first lines, I fell over.”

And it sounds like the New York Daily News enjoyed the production- “Thompson showed off a robust singing voice and plenty of comic chops. She was the perfect foil for the vengeful demon barber played by opera star's Bryn Terfel, whose burly baritone was a fine fit for Sondheim's beautiful and haunting songs.”...

The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, starring bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Let's see what the critics had to say...

The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz portrays The Beadle Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debutKyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price directs, Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers,...

This mostly pitch-perfect musical from the New York Philharmonic shows why it's time to put proper orchestras behind shows again

Staging musicals as concerts is a tricky business but the New York Philharmonic's production of Sweeney Todd, starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, is an energetic theatrical performance that manages to hit the right notes.

Making her New York stage debut as Mrs Lovett (a role originated by Angela Lansbury), Thompson runs off with the show. Her Mrs Lovett is shrewd, conniving and utterly in control of the operation until the final moments. Her voice is silky one moment, brassy the next; it helps that the role is perfect for an imperfect voice.

Thompson's partner in crime, however, could have asked her for a few acting tips. Terfel's intimidating bass-baritone is perfect for Sweeney Todd, and his 6ft 4in frame conveys menace, but Terfel's Sweeney comes across as a monster not a brute.

Is there anything Emma Thompson cannot do? The British actress, snubbed for an Oscar nomination this year for her turn as Mary Poppins writer P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks, proves herself a felonious triple threat as the cannibalistic cook Mrs. Lovett in a five-night-only concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, which opened Wednesday night at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC’s Lincoln Center. (If you’re unable to snag a ticket to one of the remaining performances, fret not: PBS is filming the production for broadcast later this year.)

Thompson sings surprisingly well, she quips, she does pratfalls,...

The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz portrays The Beadle Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debutKyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. Music Director Alan Gilbertconducts, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price directs, Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers,...

The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actressEmma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz will portray The Beadle Tony Award winnerChristian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debutKyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price will direct, Lonny Price...

The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actressEmma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz will portray The Beadle Tony Award winnerChristian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debut Kyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price will direct, Lonny Price...

The New York Philharmonic will soon present a staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, March 5-8, 2014. As previously announced, Sweeney Todd will star bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz will portray The Beadle Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debut Kyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson, Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct Lonny Price will direct and Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers.BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the cast in rehearsal below...

The New York Philharmonic has announced several additions to the cast of its staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, March 5-8, 2014 Jeff Blumenkrantz will portray The Beadle Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli marking his Philharmonic debut Kyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg debut Jay Armstrong Johnson, Anthony Hope debut Erin Mackey, Johanna debut and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin debut and New York stage debut. As previously announced, Sweeney Todd will star bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct, Lonny Price will direct, and Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers.

The Drama League's 2013 Gala Online Auction opens today, January 13 at www.biddingforgood.comthedramaleague, featuring over fifty once-in-a-lifetime prize packages, including exclusive celebrity experiences with Dame Angela Lansbury, Emma Thompson, Michelle Williams, opera star Bryn Terfel, guitarist Slash of Guns 'N' Roses, Norm Lewis and Cherry Jones Broadway opening night tickets and after-parties for Casa Valentina, Violet, and All The Way backstage visits with Marin Mazzie at Bullets Over Broadway, Jefferson Mays at A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, Fran Drescher at Cinderella, and with cast members at Rocky luxury vacations to Morocco, London, Las Vegas, West Palm Beach, and Los Angeles and over forty additional elegant items and elegant experiences.

Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson will portray Mrs. Lovett in the New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, March 5-8, 2014. The production will mark Ms. Thompson's New York Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. As previously announced, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will star as the title character, Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct, Lonny Price will direct, and Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel picks his cultural highlights of the moment, from Rhys Ifans to operatic Tudors

Bryn Terfel is a Welsh bass-baritone opera singer. Born in Pant Glas, Caernarfonshire, Terfel attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989 with the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial award. He has since performed leading roles in Mozart, Puccini and Wagner at some of the most famous opera houses in the world. In 1996 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society award for singer of the year and he became the second recipient of the Queen's medal for music in 2006. His new album Homeward Bound, recorded in Salt Lake City with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is out now.

Actor: Rhys Ifans

I was at Guildhall with him and he has done some magnificent work since he left. He stole the show in Notting Hill and as Howard Marks in Mr Nice (left). Now he's in the latest Spider-Man movies.

The New York Philharmonic will present a staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, March 5-8, 2014. Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will star as the title character. Sweeney Todd will be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and directed by Lonny Price, who directed and produced the Philharmonic's productions of Sondheim's Company in 2011, Sondheim The Birthday Concert in 2010, and Sweeney Todd in 2000.Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

The New York Philharmonic will present a staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, March 5-8, 2014. Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will star as the title character. Sweeney Todd will be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and directed by Lonny Price, who directed and produced the Philharmonic's productions of Sondheim's Company in 2011, Sondheim The Birthday Concert in 2010, and Sweeney Todd in 2000.Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

She's gearing up for the premiere of her highly anticipated flick "The Great Gatsby" and during promotions, Carey Mulligan graced the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK's June 2013 issue.

While donning design duds from Prada and Bottega Venta for Tom Allen's beautiful floral photo shoot, the "Public Enemies" star revealed her must-have music on set and opened up about her grandmother's illness.

Check out GossipCenter's recap of Miss Mulligan's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Harper's Bazaar UK!

On listening to "Party Rock Anthem" by Lmfao while shooting "Gatsby":

"That's what we used to dance to. It's also the song that made me laugh hysterically and there were lots of times when I needed to go into a scene with that kind of energy."

On helping her grandmother with music:

"I make [grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's] mix-tape CDs of different music. Music is something she responds to. She used to sing along.

San Francisco — The San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of Tobias Picker's "Dolores Claiborne" on Sept. 18 next year.

The company said Monday that the opera, with a libretto by J.D. McClatchy, will be based on Stephen King's 1992 novel about a character who denies killing her employer but admits murdering her husband almost three decades earlier after learning he sexually molested their 14-year-old daughter.

Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick will sing the title character, soprano Elizabeth Futral will perform the elderly employer Vera Donovan, Susannah Biller the daughter Selena St. George, Wayne Tigges the husband Joe St. George, and Greg Fedderly will be Detective Thibodeau.

George Manahan conducts and James Robinson directs. There will be six performances through Oct. 4 of the staging, a co-production with the Opera Company of St. Louis.

This will be the fifth opera for Picker following "Emmeline" (1996), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (1998), "Therese Raquin" (2001) and "An American Tragedy...

It seems that increasingly the cinema is not just a venue to enjoy films in any more. Live sporting events, concerts, ballet, opera and theatre are just some of the alternative programming that has started to be streamed onto cinema screens, and with some degree of success too. Ahead of their new season (presented by The Royal Opera House), which promises “a breatht4King spectacle of opera, ballet and theatre” we were invited by Vue cinemas to sample this unique experience for ourselves by watching some opera in a plush screen at their Westfield London site.

Now, being a film nut, this humble reviewer had to admit to not knowing a jot about opera before arriving. We were to be watching a recorded version of Puccini’s Tosca, which had been streamed live into cinemas from The Royal Opera House in July last year. The production starred Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann...

The son of a vicar (and Charles Darwin was his great-uncle), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) became one of the most popular English composers. He studied under Charles Villiers Stanford and Hubert Parry at the Royal College of Music, but also read history and music at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he palled around with the philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. He also went to Germany for lessons with Max Bruch, but ultimately rejected the 19th century German Romantic style Friendships with fellow Rcm students Gustav Holst and Leopold Stokowski later bore more fruit, in different ways: Stokowski, who moved to the United States, became Rvw's biggest supporter there; Holst and Vaughan Williams critiqued each others' work and joined in the study and collection of English folk songs. "The knowledge of our folk songs did not so much discover for us something new, but uncovered something which had been hidden by foreign matter,...

Sex-crazed business man? Gay icon? Drug addict or anti-imperialist cipher? The many faces of Don Giovanni

In the Don Giovanni that has just opened in Paris, the eponymous hero has become an irredeemable sex pest of a businessman. Too much power and sex has corroded his soul. Perhaps you work with him. Perhaps you are him. At the end, in his nocturnal office, Giovanni is stabbed through the heart by the co-worker he sexually assaulted in act one, thrown through a window by a crowd of downtrodden cleaners, at least one of whom he tried to grope, and then accompanied to hell by the rotting corpse of the CEO he murdered at the outset. Twenty-first century moral? Don't stay late at the office.

The desperate Don's comeuppance, though, strikes me as unfair. As Kierkegaard noted in Either/Or, Don Giovanni is the opera's erotically animating presence. "His passion resonates everywhere...

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum helped raise millions more for the preservation of the Rainforest and its indigenous people and stole the show Step Up-style at New York City’s Carnegie Hall during a special charity concert for the Rainforest Foundation last week!

In front of esteemed guests and fellow performers such as Bill Clinton, Meryl Streep, Elton John, Rita Wilson, Sting and Jennifer Hudson, the beautiful couple performed a steamy routine to Roxanne (courtesy of Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer Bryn Terfel) which showed off their impressive dance skills during the “Songs of the Silver Screen” charity event.

Chan even took to the stage as backup dancer to Sir Elton John for a hilarious rendition of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”, and when Elton John sang ‘Rock Around the Clock’ and Bruno Mars did ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, the whole cast – from Sting to Streep to Chan...

Elton John got more than he may have expected last night when he performed a Marilyn Monroe number during the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund at Carnegie Hall. Launching into "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," the singer was soon joined onstage by Channing Tatum, wearing a bowler hat and a vest and doing a flirty bump and grind. In Magic Mike mode, Tatum wiggled around John in what nearly could have passed for a lap dance, reaching out here and there to festoon him with the song's titular jewels. "No, I didn't know Channing was going to do that," John insisted when Vulture caught up with him afterwards at a late dinner at Pierre. "But it was fun! I didn't know he could dance that well." Tatum also busted out some sexy tango-like dance moves with his wife Jenna during opera singer Bryn Terfel's take on "Roxanne...

The New York Philharmonic presents Anywhere I Wander The Frank Loesser Songbook, a celebration of the late legendary Broadway composer of Wheres Charley, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Greenwillow, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Monday, March 26, 2012, at 730 p.m. Directed and conducted by Tony Award winner Ted Sperling, the evening will feature an all-star cast that includes Ann Hampton Callaway, Victoria Clark, Robert Morse, Bryn Terfel, a special appearance by Loessers widow and leading lady Jo Sullivan Loesser, and others to be announced. The program will be choreographed by Andrew Palermo.

Robert Pattinson has made a generation of girls swoon, and brought in millions of dollars for the producers of the Twilight phenomenon, where his portrayal of Edward Cullen means he needn't get out of bed again if he doesn’t feel like it.

So, it would be understandable if such adulation had gone to his pretty tousle-haired head, and made him a bit difficult to work with. How did the directors of his new film Bel Ami deal with such an idol on this, their very first film?

"He was delightful," insists Nick Ormerod, one half of the directing duo along with Declan Donnellan - established theatre directors with a body of stage, ballet and opera work more than three decades in the making, but novices when it came to film.

"He did insist on rehearsing for a whole month before we did our first shoot, which is apparently unheard of in Hollywood,...

Jennifer Hudson and Bruno Mars have been added to the incredible lineup for the upcoming Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund.

They join an all-star list of performers including Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Meryl Streep, Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Bryn Terfel and Katharine McPhee at the concert on April 3, 2012, which will be held at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, followed by a gala dinner.

The Rainforest Fund was founded in 1989 by Sting and Trudie Styler in response to a direct request for help from a Kayapo Indian leader in Brazil who was seeking to protect his people’s land and culture. Over the past 23 years, the Rainforest Fund has worked in partnership with more than 100 local organizations in all major rainforest areas and successfully protected over 115,000 sq km of forest. In 2012 the Rainforest Fund continues supporting a range of long term projects including comprehensive policy programs,...

Sting and Elton John will headline the 2012 Rainforest Fund benefit concert in April. The British musicians will take to the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall on April 3 alongside James Taylor and Smash star Katharine McPhee. Country music stars Vince Gill and Rosanne Cash and Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel round out the all-star benefit's musical lineup. Meryl Streep - who recently won her third Oscar for The Iron Lady - is to serve as a presenter for the event. Rainforest Foundation founder Trudie Styler - who is married to Sting - said of this year's lineup: "We're (more)...