http://www.nysun.com/article/19926
Month: September 2005
Classical Preview: London Concerts and Opera, Autumn 2005
http://www.musicomh.com/comment/autumn-concerts-2005_0905.htm
Dom Sebastien, Roi De Portugal, Royal Opera House, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article312364.ece
Das Rheingold — An Overview
Das Rheingold is the first of the four works that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen. On the title page of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner refers to Das Rheingold as a Vorabend (a preliminary evening). Nevertheless, Das Rheingold sets the foundation on which the remainder of the Ring is built.
Das Rheingold
Experienced listeners gain nothing but lose very little when a mediocre, even bad performance of Wagner’s stage works is released on DVD.
BITTOV¡: Elida
First impressions are important. For instance, one expects certain things from Bang on a Can and their four-year-old record label Cantaloupe ñ there are graphics, ideas, names, and especially musical…
L’Opéra de Paris Announces 2005-2006 Season
Season to include world premiere of Saariaho’s Adriana Mater L’Opera de Paris has announced its 2005-2006 season. It will begin on 9 September with Antonin Dvorak’s Rusalka. This will be…
Peter Schreier and András Schiff in Budapest
http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId=%7BE7C4DDC5E540432690A5D9DE90CD1BA1%7D&From=Style
Opera Australia Presents Death in Venice
Since opera began, composers have honoured, or pretended to honour, the principle that the music should serve the words, though, in reality, it is done more in the breach than the observance.
The Met Broadcasts Have a New Sponsor
Metropolitan Opera General Manager Joseph Volpe announced today that Toll Brothers, America’s luxury home builder™, will be the corporate sponsor for the Metropolitan Opera Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts which will celebrate their 75th anniversary this season. The twenty-one radio broadcasts will run from December 17 of this year to May 6, 2006, and will be heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, which comprises over 300 stations in the United States and reaches eleven million people in forty-two countries around the globe. The Annenberg Foundation and the Vincent A. Stabile Foundation will continue to provide generous support for this season’s broadcasts as part of their long-term commitments to the future of this program.