Salieri’s Europa Riconosciuta A Wise Choice

Salieri promu chantre de l’Europe [09 décembre 2004] Le Napolitain Riccardo Muti a fait le bon choix avec cette Europa Riconosciuta de Salieri pour rouvrir le théâtre dont il est…

Musicians Unite!

New, Musician-Run FM Station Plans Music Radio Revival A group led by two nationally known musicians has been awarded a contract to operate the Milwaukee Public Schools’ FM station, WYMS-FM…

Handel in Paris: A Review of Hercules

Paris Palais Garnier 12/04/2004 – et 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 27 décembre 2004 Georg Friedrich Haendel : Hercules Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Malena Ernman (Lichas),…

The Guardian Reports on the Reopening of La Scala

Photo: AP/ Silvia Lelli/ Teatro Alla Scala. Glitz and clamour mark La Scala’s reopening night John Hooper in Rome Wednesday December 8, 2004 The Guardian Decked out in red roses…

Der Rosenkavalier at Helsinki

A triumphant ‘Rosenkavalier’ By George Loomis International Herald Tribune Wednesday, December 8, 2004 HELSINKI Far be it from me to foment rivalry between sopranos, but Finland has another who is…

Di Stefano Recovering

Opera singer recovering after stabbing Doctors ‘hopeful’ about Giuseppe Di Stefano ROME, Italy (AP) — Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano was being taken off sedatives and doctors were hopeful about…

Grammy Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday in Los Angeles. The following were the nominees for opera and classical vocal performance recordings: Opera Recording: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo…

Elena Souliotis

MUSICA: E’ MORTA SOPRANO ELENA SOULIOTIS 04/12/2004 – (ANSA) FIRENZE, 4 DIC E’ morta improvvisamente oggi pomeriggio a Firenze la soprano drammatico Elena Souliotis, nota cantante lirica, amica di Fedora…

Music in the Making of Europe 1000-1300

Royal Holloway-British Library Lectures in Musicology Christopher Page, the founder and director of the ensemble Gothic Voices, will give a series of one-hour lectures at the British Library Conference Centre…

Rigoletto at Amsterdam (and an appraisal of tenor Joseph Calleja)

How does it come about that “modern” productions date so quickly while “traditional” ones can go on for ages ? Probably, because ideas that once were fresh and innovative are…