Finding Hope in Christmas: Reflections on Peace and Uncertainty by Bishop Benno Elbs

2023-12-18 06:59:39 December 18, 2023, 06:57 Christmas is a festival of hope. What does this mean in a time of crisis and uncertainty? asks Benno Elbs, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Vaduz, and puts at the center of his reflections a prophetic voice … Read more

Visionary Emptiness: Berlin Singer-Songwriter Bernadette La Hengst’s New Album and Socially Critical Work

2023-11-18 00:18:59 17. November 2023, 17:30 Berlin singer-songwriter Bernadette La Hengst calls her new album “Visionary Emptiness”. The title came to her while researching the coal mining region of Lausitz, where she met members of the national Sorbian minority and spoke to them about the wounded landscape. Many tunnels were flooded, artificial lakes were created, … Read more

The Great Loriot: Understanding Failed Acts of Communication and Gender Dynamics

2023-11-08 15:51:32 8. November 2023, 09:05 “Berta, the egg is hard.” One of Loriot’s most famous sketches begins with these fateful words. Hermann and Berta, an average German couple, are sitting at breakfast and begin to argue more and more uninhibitedly over a soft egg that has been boiled too hard. Loriot’s sketch has long … Read more

Press invitation: Opera in the quarry “Aida” 2024

2023-11-07 14:30:12 Eisenstadt (OTS) – Dear media representatives, We would like to send you an invitation to the press conference on the occasion of the event planned for 2024 Opera production “Aida” in the opera in the St. Margarethen quarry. Tuesday, November 14, 2023, starting at 10:30 a.mHouse of Music, event hallSeilerstätte 30, 1010 Vienna … Read more

Stephano Park Wins Operalia: International Singing Competition Victory at Vienna State Opera

2023-11-06 11:45:33 News | 06.11.2023 Stephano Park, a member of the Vienna State Opera’s opera studio, emerged as the winner of yesterday’s “Operalia” finale and can therefore claim victory in the most important international singing competition for young singers. The young South Korean bass, who has been at the Vienna State Opera since September 2023, … Read more

Climate Change and the Future of Winter Sports: Examining the Impact and Path to Sustainability

2023-10-27 03:02:53 October 27, 2023, 1:00 PM The opening of the Alpine Ski World Cup will take place on the Rettenbachferner in Sölden on Saturday and Sunday. Traditionally on the last weekend in October, although there is no real winter feeling. Warm temperatures well into autumn and a lack of snow: the consequences of climate … Read more

Spilif’s Amazing Flow and Cool Voice: A Must-Listen Debut Album that Ranks High in Google Searches

2023-10-16 20:27:30 October 16, 2023, 5:30 PM “From a standing start, she catapults herself to the top of local rap,” writes the “Falter” about rapper Spilif’s “amazing flow” and “cool, slightly scratchy voice.” With “something that you love”, the Tyrolean has presented a relaxed, eloquent and rousingly grooving debut album that, with its complex lyrics, … Read more