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Month: January 2006
The Bartered Bride at the Royal Opera House, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1682222,00.html
RenÈe Fleming and the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall ó Two Reviews
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/01/out_of_the_oper.php
RenÈe Fleming and the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall ó Two Reviews
On 8 January 2006, the Met Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall with James Levine, RenÈe Fleming and Julien Robbins.
CILEA: LíArlesiana
For a work that is known as a one-aria-opera, four official (this one included) recordings is not a bad record. And of course most opera-lovers have not only ìE la solita storiaî in their many tenor recitals but know the baritone aria ìCome due tizziî and the mezzoís ìEsser madre Ë un infernoî as well.
MOZART: Idomeneo
Idomeneo, rË di Creta. Dramma per musica in tre atti (K. 366).
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco after IdomenÈe by Antoine Danchet.
Operatunity Winners ó Denise Leigh and Jane Gilchrist
When asked if I had any interest in reviewing the discs of ìthe Operatunity finalists,î I admit I was so ignorant of what Operatunity was that I had to make a quick web search to find out.
A Tenor Voice That Carries Across a Century
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010601992.html
DNA detectives discover more skeletons in Mozart family closet
Scientists reveal results of tests on skull unearthed by Viennese gravedigger