ContactMusic — Russian director Alexsander Sokurovs Faust described by one critic as a high-art dark comedy but by Sokurov himself as too serious took the Venice Film Festivals Golden Lion award for best film while the best actor award went to Michael Fassbender fo... more info

Guardian Music — Last year, Vittorio Grigolo gave the Royal Opera one of the most dazzling debuts it has ever seen. The tenor that Italy calls the 'little Pavarotti' is no stranger to performing under pressure: his career has taken him from the papal choir to duet... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The film, which screened late in the festival, seemed to have flown under the radar of many festival-goers and critics. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In a surprise, Russian director Aleksander Sokurov's "Faust" won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion prize on Saturday. more info

Guardian Music — Franz Ferdinand and a Bavarian puppeteer are shaking up The Tempest in The Isle is Full of Noises. Maddy Costa reportsAs rehearsals for The Tempest go, the scene in London's Sausage Studios is a little peculiar. There's hardly room to move between th... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first of the Pittsburgh Symphony's two concerts with their music director Manfred Honeck should have begun with a rarity: the first-ever work at the Proms by the German Walter Braunfels (1882-1954), his Fantastic Appearan... more info

Guardian Music — Fischer-Dieskau/Lewis/Wallace/Harper/Cameron/London PO and Choir(LPO)When Ferruccio Busoni died in 1924, he left his most ambitious opera unfinished. Doktor Faust received its first performance the following year, in a completion by the composer's pu... more info

Altsounds — *FORGOTTEN TOMB* announces upcoming live shows promoting the new album *Under Saturn Retrograde* : 28/08/2011 - Faust Extreme Fest II, Empoli (FI), ITALY 04/09/2011 - Nihil Extreme Metal Fest VIII, Retorbido (PV), ITALY 10/09/2011 - Sinister Howling... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonPerformances of Liszt's two symphonies – big, programmatic works that push at the limits of form and emotion – are as rare as they are important. Both, however, form part of the composer's bicentenary tribute in this year... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by the legend of Faust, the Gothic is the world's longest symphony, needing 1,000 singers and musicians – plus one scarecrow. Stephen Moss celebrates its resurrection at the PromsJohn Grimshaw sets crossword puzzles for the Times. His othe... more info