Pick of 2005: Opera

http://www.newstatesman.com/Arts/200512190045

Met Opera Slashing Budget

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OPERA_MET_BUDGET_CUTS?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Singer’s perfect storm ó Soprano Dawn Upshaw’s sense of adventure draws her to ‘El Nino’

http://www.dailynews.com/entertainment/ci_3311776

Bryn Terfel ó Millennium Centre, Cardiff

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1668529,00.html

Singing A to Z on the cusp of stardom

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/27f19678-6dd9-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html

Malena Ernman, Simon Rattle and OAE at the Barbican ó Three Reviews

On 9 December 2005, Malena Ernman stepped in for an ailing Magdalena Koûen· at the Barbican in London. Here are three reviews.

Christmas surprise

http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId=%7B2F05BCA6EA4E4A6ABC5B9D712489F570%7D&From=Style

Sensitive autocrat in a season of content

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17580597%255E16947,00.html

The Dream of Gerontius ó Barbican, London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1667677,00.html

Rigoletto at the Met ó Three Reviews

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: Verdi considered Victor Hugoís play Le Roi síamuse ìone of the greatest creations of the modern theatreî, and jumped at the opportunity to adapt it for Venice in 1851.