Patrick Maguire

Articles By Patrick Maguire

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Later this autumn Richard Eyre’s La Traviata celebrates its 30^th birthday. Not bad going for the celebrated director’s first...

Like the BBC’s documentary series The Yorkshire Ripper Files before it, the French six-part drama Sambre on...

Sometimes love never dies and the dead never rot. A lot of water has flowed down the River Styx since...

Once regarded as highly as Kurosawa and Ozu, Japanese director Mikio Naruse’s star has fallen in recent decades, with few of his films readily...

Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s...

This year, I am delighted to be supporting the Alexandra Dariescu Award at the Leeds International Piano Competition for an outstanding...

The Proms’ Indian summer of big visiting orchestras is over – and what a parade...

Although it takes seconds to discern that Juniore are French, a core inspiration appears to be the echoing surf-pop instrumentals of Californian...

After the March 1969 UK release of the “Return of Django” single, prospective performers of the song could buy it transcribed as sheet music. On...

Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in...