The Opera That Chooses the Nuclear Option

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/arts/music/25gure.html

Mathis der Maler in Hamburg

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,376699,00.html

Cardillac at OpÈra Bastille, Paris

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1578110,00.html

Plenty of Gallic grace, but a lack of passion

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1295cebe-2b55-11da-995a-00000e2511c8.html

De Simone rewrites Paisiello

http://www.giornaledellamusica.it/rol/scheda.php?id=1809&l=1

Damrau, soprano with big future, stars in Met debut

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=244106&r=0

‘Carmen’ glistens, fascinates

http://www.suntimes.com/output/delacoma/cst-ftr-lyric26.html

A Celebratory Crown of Froth Fit for a King

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26viag.html

‘Falstaff’ With All the Details in Place

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26fals.html

Welcome to the Golden Age

http://www.nysun.com/article/20527