Since 1995 the mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender no longer performs as a singer, but has devoted her recent career to directing.
Year: 2005
FALLA: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos; La vida breve
With this CD, Naxos continues its well deserved reputation for producing recordings at affordable prices, and more often than not, but not limited to, music that is rarely performed, or with a limited audience.
Finding Shicoff: Opera Meets Music Video
http://www.thejewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=5476
Concert: John Rutter 60th Birthday Gala
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-1799920,00.html
Colin Davis Opens Great Performers Series With the Verdi Requiem
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/arts/music/28carn-extra.html
Beito and Madame Butterfly in Berlin
http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/content/2005/09/27/feuilleton/782174.html
Entranced by a heartbreakingly magical Verdi
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-etmet4443338sep27,0,2305436.story?coll=ny-music-print
The Very Best of Thomas Hampson
The Very Best of Thomas Hampson is an excellent selection on CD of Hampsonís recordings from various points in his career. The American baritone is one of the international stars of classical music for both his roles on the opera stage and his work as a recitalist.
New World Symphony
By Russell Platt [The Nation, 3 October 2005] Classical music in America, we are frequently told, is in its death throes: its orchestras bled dry by expensive guest soloists and…