{"id":3052,"date":"2026-07-10T16:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:32:52","slug":"anthony-hopkins-to-release-debut-classical-album-life-is-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3052","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hopkins to Release Debut Classical Album, &#8220;Life Is a Dream&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOscar-winning actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/anthony-hopkins\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anthony-hopkins_1\" data-tag=\"anthony-hopkins\">Anthony Hopkins<\/a> is not slowing down any time soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe prolific stage and screen star, 88, has revealed he\u2019ll be releasing his debut album next month and dropped the first single, \u201cBracken Road,\u201d on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHopkins, famed for performances in <em>The Silence of the Lambs <\/em>and more recently, <em>The Father<\/em>, explained that he has been composing the collection of classical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\">music<\/a> over six decades. He has signed with Decca Classics, who are releasing the album, titled <em>Life Is a Dream<\/em>, on Aug. 21. The songs are performed by\u00a0Gustavo Dudamel\u00a0with the Philharmonia\u00a0Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe first single is inspired by Hopkins\u2019 childhood memories of Margam in South Wales, as well as \u201cthe streets, meadows, farmland, and mountains around his family home in the 1940s,\u201d according to Decca. Another, \u201cMy Fatherland,\u201d is inspired by traditional Welsh melodies, and compositions inspired by cinema, his wife, and his niece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHopkins describes music as \u201cmy first desire, my first wish\u2026 I\u2019ve been composing music all my life. Some of these pieces have lived with me for decades and I still find myself returning to them. My whole life is a dream. Signing with Decca is the honor of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHis label said the actor has played piano since the age of four and started performing Beethoven and Chopin just a few years later. As a teenager, Hopkins would compose music for local plays. Indeed, this is not his first time in the music limelight. In 2012, the self-taught composer won a Classic Brit Award for album of the year, after composing the title waltz for <em>And the Waltz Goes On<\/em>, recorded by violinist Andr\u00e9 Rieu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cSigning with Decca is the honor of a lifetime,\u201d continued Hopkins. \u201cIt has been a true privilege to collaborate with the distinguished Philharmonia Orchestra and the virtuoso soloists, cellist Gregorio Nieto and classical pianist Sergio Tiempo. My deepest gratitude and respect go to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, whose artistry is an integral part of this musical journey. With the graceful precision of his baton, he transformed each note with profound and indelible meaning, creating a pictorial landscape that invites the listener to feel and imagine something uniquely personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDudamel added that Hopkins is a \u201crare artist.\u201d He said: \u201c[His] creative voice transcends any single medium. The same depth of imagination, humanity, and emotional truth that has defined his extraordinary work on stage and screen is present in his music. Listening to his composition, I am struck by its beauty, craftsmanship, and the unmistakable sense of wonder that animates it\u2026 Anthony approaches music with the heart of a storyteller and the instincts of a poet, creating sound worlds that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins is not slowing down any time soon. The prolific stage and screen star, 88, has revealed he\u2019ll be releasing his debut album next month and dropped the first single, \u201cBracken Road,\u201d on Friday. 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