Ewa Podles in New York ó Two Reviews

On 26 February, Constantine Orbelian led the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, marking its 50th anniversary this season, in works by Haydn, Prokofiev, Rossini, Shostakovich, and Mussorgsky, with the renowned contralto Ewa PodlÈs. Here are two reviews.

La BohËme at Royal Albert Hall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,,1717428,00.html

The Kirov Delivers a Requiem Full of Life

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/25/AR2006022500037.html

What Opera Owes to Dance

http://www.nysun.com/article/28120

When the Lyrics Are Fragmentary and the Melodies Elusive

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/arts/music/23phil-extra.html

A Journey With Schubert From Restraint to Passion

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/arts/music/23zank.html

The Kirov’s ‘Parsifal’: Russo-Profundo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022202537.html

The Score ó Met Opera Auditions

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30839

Opera feels the shock of the new

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18251966%255E16947,00.html

Domingo Re-Ups With Washington, L.A. Operas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101859.html?sub=AR