Culture. Features

A revolution, two exiles, two world wars and ethnic persecution. His longevity became as much a part of his art as the work itself.

The new annex of the Louvre in the northern city of Lens is a luminous masterpiece of glass and aluminum.

Delightful figurines both sacred and secular grace Christmas crèches throughout the south of France.

In today's Louvre the real meets the virtual as the museum introduces haute technologie into its hallowed halls.

A nouvelle vague of coffee shops, roasters and passionate baristas is transforming the Parisian coffee scene.

Thousands of plane trees along the Canal du Midi are scheduled to be felled, victims of an incurable disease.

Charpentier's music is marvelous, but updating this tragic opera to the early 20th century doesn't work.

The Aix Festival's outdoor theater is the ideal setting for Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Gardener).

The world premiere of George Benjamin's new opera gets a standing ovation.

A new staging of Ravel's one-act opera is sheer enchantment—musically, vocally and visually.