On Callas Forever

One for the opera buffs: ‘Callas Forever’ profiles a diva on the downslope Friday, November 26, 2004 By WILLIAM ARNOLD SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MOVIE CRITIC At first thought, Fanny Ardant would…

On Opera in Berlin

The Real Drama of Berlin Opera Berlin’s three opera houses are no strangers to eluding closure and nursing the wounds of financial incision. Although they are currently on safe ground,…

Viktoriya Dodoka Wins Lockwood Aria

Opera: A Russian opera star is born John Daly-Peoples [National Business Review] Lockwood Aria Rotorua Convention Centre The Lockwood Aria has become the major proving ground for emerging opera talent…

Baroque Opera in Sydney

Baroque opera gets a new lease of life Matthew Westwood [The Australian] 26nov04 LAST month, at the final performance of Madeline Lee – John Haddock and Michael Campbell’s emotionally involving…

Review of Renée Fleming’s Memoir

THE INNER VOICE: The Making of a Singer Renée Fleming Viking Memoir ISBN: 0670033510 Renee Fleming evidently started out determined to write a different sort of opera singer’s memoir. She…

Changes at NYCO

New Director for City Opera The New York City Opera has appointed a new executive director, Jane M. Gullong, right, promoting her from the job of director of development. Ms.…

Universal, Sony BMG and Warner Reach Pact

3 Music Companies Will Use Online File-Sharing Service By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 (AP) – Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to…

OONY Presents La Fanciulla del West

Superb, if mixed, Fanciulla at OONY Last night’s La Fanciulla del West at Carnegie Hall was the classic case of the whole being much better than the sum of its…

Opera Orchestra of New York Opens 2004-2005 Season

On Monday, 22 November, Opera Orchestra of New York opened its 2004-2005 season with La Fanciulla del West. According to its website: bq. The OONY season kicks off with Puccini’s…

L’Opéra-Comique Named as National Theater

Le Figaro is reporting that L’Opéra-Comique has been decreed an “établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial” under French law. Its charter is to provide a broad diversity of “expressions”…