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Month: January 2006
Vienna returns Mozart’s Affection
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The Guardian on Lorenzo da Ponte
The phoenix
A poet, priest and womaniser, who ended his days as a grocer, he also wrote the words to some of the greatest operas. On the eve of Mozart’s 250th anniversary, Anthony Holden looks at the colourful life of his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte
Dvo?·k und seine Zeit
Dvo?·k und seine Zeit ñ Dvo?·k and his Time ñ immediately conveys a singular perspective on some of the vocal music of AntonÌn Dvo?·k (1841-1904) in the context of his generation. Recorded on 17 August 2004, the music on this two-CD set is from the second of two programs that were given at the 2004 Salzburg Festspiel under the rubric of ìDvo?·k und seine Zeit.î
Natalie Dessay: Mozart Concert Arias
I wonder how Natalie Dessay would comment on this CD made more than 10 years ago when she was barely thirty? The lady is a dream for every interviewer.
BELLINI: La Sonnambula
What to do, what to do, with Bellini and Romaniís bel canto masterpiece, La Sonnambula? The exquisite music demands to be performed, so the opera continues to have an existence on the fringes of the standard repertory.
OPW and Keith Williams Architects to design Wexford Opera House
http://www.irish-architecture.com/news/2006/000002.html
The Guardian on Beaumarchais
How to stage a revolution
Beaumarchais, the dramatist behind The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, was more than a mere playwright – he shaped the 18th century.