CONRADI: Die schˆne und getreue Ariadne

Since its inception in 1980, the biennial Boston Early Music Festival has grown to international stature of the first rank, and while its programming is diverse in scale and repertory, its focus in recent years has been on full-scale productions of baroque opera, including Monteverdiís LíOrfeo, Rossiís Orfeo, Cavalliís Ercole Amante, Lullyís ThÈsÈe, and this past summer, Matthesonís Boris Goudenouw.

Oper Graz Opens Season with Hoffmann and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

http://www.diepresse.at/Artikel.aspx?channel=k&ressort=ke&id=510603

Siegfried at the Royal Opera House

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1583691,00.html

Countdown to the Eve of Destruction

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/03/arts/music/03atom.html

An Old Favorite Falls Short of the Mark

http://www.nysun.com/article/20886

Ariadne auf Naxos, Metropolitan Opera, New York

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/10cca518-33ab-11da-bd49-00000e2511c8.html

‘Fortissimo’ explores drama backstage at opera

http://www.suntimes.com/output/delacoma/sho-sunday-fort02.html

Cecilia Bartoli goes to the source: ‘Forbidden Opera’

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/music/12776497.htm

Taking a Vacation From Valhalla

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/arts/music/02midg.html

Imagining That Handel Had Known Mobsters

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/arts/music/01rode.html