So this was how a Forza would have sounded in the fifties and sixties in one of the better Italian provincial houses. At that time those extinguished species (lirico-spinto tenor…
Month: January 2005
Teatr Wielki Announces Festiwal Hoffmannowski Schedule
Festiwal Hoffmannowski — Polsko-Niemiecki Festiwal Operowy Teatr Wielki in Poznan, Poland, has announced the schedule for the Festiwal Hoffmannowski: Saturday, 2 April, 19.00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cosi fan tutte, Premiere!!!…
The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera
Among the recent publications on opera, The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera, edited by David Charlton, breaks new ground with its systematic and thorough exploration of grand opera, a specific…
A Batallar Estrellas — Music in Spanish Cathedrals of the Seventeenth Century
Interest in the music of “New Spain” (the Spanish colonies in the Americas) has blossomed in the last decade, with a number of fine recordings of sacred music composed by…
WAGNER: Die Feen
How narrow-minded can one be ? Very much so in the case of Richard Wagner who succeeded in not mentioning once the name of Verdi in all his writings. And…
Barbiere in Madrid
Rénové en 1997 avec un luxe inouï, le Teatro Real de Madrid ne lésine pas non plus sur la qualité des productions. Du rare Osud de Janacek en 2003, marqué…
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Encountering David Daniels
“I’m Tom Brady’s best friend,’’ joked David Daniels. “I’m sure he’d love to read that!’’ OK, the world’s leading countertenor isn’t really Brady’s bud. “But I did meet him,’’ Daniels…
Denyce Graves Goes to the Treasure Coast
With a voice as strong and clear as the winter wind through the cherry trees, Denyce Graves sang for all America last week at President Bush’s inaugural ceremony. Graves, who…
Mozart Here, Mozart There, Mozart Everywhere
Mozart-Tage in Wien, Mozartwoche in Salzburg. Und das alles 2005, wo doch das Mozartjahr erst 2006 droht. Vor lauter Ankündigungen und Vorausschauen, was die Welt, was Österreich im Besonderen im…