http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4b3bf012-557c-11da-8a74-00000e25118c.html
Year: 2005
A Mozart Clan: Nice Sounds Veiled by One Celestial Note
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/arts/music/15moza.html
Diva in a Verismo Rarity, Chewing Imaginary Scenery
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/music/14zaza.html
STRAVINSKY : The Rakeís Progress
This production, from Glyndebourne in 1975, is a treasure of literate, artistically informed stagecraft. Opera is meant to be seen as much as heard, and productions like this prove that good staging brings a score alive.
Opera downsizes as Italy’s divas go on hunger strike
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1641479,00.html
VERDI: Stiffelio
This is the third re-issue (in Europe anyway) on CD of the only existing studio recording of Stiffelio. Luckily it is a rather good one as its live competitors are not recordings for eternity. Neither Limarilli in 1968 nor Del Monaco (at his coarsest in 1972) have much sense of style, let alone a knack for true Verdi-phrasing. Not that JosÈ Carreras is flawless.
Happy birthday to the wizard of Oz
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-1866272,00.html