*Scientists dig up family skeletons* Luke Harding in Berlin Wednesday October 27, 2004 The Guardian It has been a mystery for more than a century – is a skull in…
Month: October 2004
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne to Produce Auber’s Haÿdée ou Le secret
*Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne will produce on 28 November Hayedée ou Le secret, a comic opera in three acts by Daniel François Auber.* *Production Details* Libretto by Eugène SCRIBE Music…
FT Reviews Mercadante’s La vestale
*La vestale, Wexford Festival* By Andrew Clark Published: October 25 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 25 2004 03:00 The compacting of operatic history into a performable repertoire leads us…
Opera Omaha to Present Copland’s The Tender Land
*Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land: Opera About Midwestern Farm Family Opens Opera Omaha’s Orpheum Season November 17, 19, 21* Omaha, NE–Opera Omaha will open its Orpheum season of performances with…
FT Reviews Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera
*Don Carlos, Vienna State Opera* By Larry L Lash Published: October 22 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2004 03:00 Despite character motivation and plot development of revelatory clarity…
Four Reviews of Die Zauberflöte at the Met
*Julie Taymor — and Mozart Too* By HEIDI WALESON [Wall Street Journal] October 14, 2004; Page D7 New York The Metropolitan Opera usually showcases singers, not star directors, but the…
Thomas Quasthoff Sings Sacred Cantatas by Bach
*MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* Thomas Quasthoff Sings Sacred Cantatas by Bach by Jürgen Otten It would be easy to describe or appraise the art of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff by…
The Guardian Profiles René Jacobs
*Not so hippy now* Since the 1960s, René Jacobs has been a pioneer of the early music movement. Stephen Everson hears how his vision has evolved Friday October 22, 2004…
An Interview with Michael Kaye on Puccini Rediscovered
New Repertoire Discoveries for Singers: An Interview with Michael Kaye by Maria Nockin Did you ever wonder why that last Tales of Hoffmann you sang had all those photocopied sheets added…
FT on the Future of Wexford Opera Festival
*Wexford’s dilemma for future operas* By Andrew Clark Published: October 27 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 27 2004 03:00 When Wexford’s opera festival was young and innocent, audiences used…