http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1650206,00.html
Year: 2005
VERDI: La Traviata
Eight long and dark years later, La Fenice rose, once again, from the ashes following a devastating fire which destroyed the theater in 1996. For the ìformalî re-opening of the refurbished Venetian landmark, its management wisely chose Verdiís original score for his 1853 opera for La Fenice: La Traviataóanother survivor that rose from the ashes.
Maria Callas Performs Lady Macbeth
Here we offer three selections from Macbeth with Maria Callas performing the role of Lady Macbeth. These are from a live performance given on 7 December 1952 at La Scala. Victor de Sabata conducts the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
A Soprano Who Is Immersed in Schumann and Strauss
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/arts/music/24chec.html
Cosi Fan Tutte ó Komische Oper, Berlin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1648417,00.html
Lamento ó Arias, Cantatas and Scenes by the Bach Family
Dorothea Schroder, as translated by Stewart Spencer, begins her booklet essay for Magdalena Kozenaís recent CD by quoting a review of an earlier disc of the mezzo: ìÖKozena is simply marvelous.î Brazen record company self-promotion?
Soprano Deborah Voigt comes back with her familiar, splendid sound intact
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/22/DDGVOFS12J1.DTL&hw=voigt&sn=001&sc=1000