Vincent Laroche

For American readers, the name Soprano may first suggest opera. In France, however, it belongs to one of the country's most recognizable popular performers: a rapper and singer from Marseille who has spent three decades moving from neighborhood hip-hop to some of the largest stages in the country. His latest project may be his most revealing yet. Rather than simply announcing another arena tour, Soprano wants to transform French football stadiums into enormous communal karaoke rooms, where...

There are musical comebacks, and then there are returns that carry the weight of an entire life. When Céline Dion walked onto the stage at Paris’s Plenitude Arena on September 12, 2026, she was not simply beginning another series of concerts. She was performing her first full live show in six years, before a sold-out audience of 35,000 people, and reclaiming the stage that had defined so much of her life. AI-generated image that does not depict all the actual building. Paris was a...

There are film festivals, and then there is Venice. Perhaps it is the geography that preserves the distinction. In Cannes, cinema takes over the Croisette; in Toronto, it occupies a city. In Venice, it arrives by water. Filmmakers, actors, critics and producers step from boats onto the Lido, and for eleven days an island better known for beaches and Belle Époque hotels becomes one of the places where the future of international cinema is negotiated. The glamour is unmistakable, but it would...