ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: “To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Royal Opera mounts a new production of his setting of the second of Beaumarchais’ domestic but politically charged ‘Figaro’ comedies, as adapted by librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. ”
Month: February 2006
Concertos, Yes, but a Mozart Never Far From His Operatic Impulse
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/arts/music/02phil–extra.html
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen
It has been nearly thirty years since the centenary production of the Ring at Bayreuth, and the controversy and even scandal that it generated have long since faded into memory.
Dawn Upshaw ó Still Rising, Still Shining
http://www.classicalsinger.com/magazine/article.php?id=1245
BRUCKNER: Symphonie no. 6
The symphonies of Anton Bruckner deserve excellent performances to convey the intensity that the composer intended for them, and sometimes an individual performance can offer the opportunity to understand them more clearly.
DAVIES & JAHN: Care of the Professional Voice
This second edition, co-authored by D. Garfield Davies, Consultant Emeritus Otolaryngologist to The Middlesex and University College Hospitals, and Anthony F. Jahn, Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, was published by Routledge in 2004.