Dull, sleepy ‘Padlock’ gives way to dandy ‘Dido’

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/reviews/critics/mmx-gjd267amt.13feb15,1,6323777.story?coll=mmx-home_bottom_hedsh2o

The Guardian Interviews Violeta Urmana: ‘My voice decides what’s good for me’

First she was forced to sing mezzo roles. Then she was invited to be president of Lithuania. Violeta Urmana tells Tim Ashley why she prefers life as a soprano

Hercules in Brooklyn ó Two Reviews

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/02/hercules_last_t.php

Preview: Macbeth, Royal Opera House, London

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article345824.ece

Hercules in Brooklyn ó Two Reviews

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is presenting Handel’s Hercules with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie and directed by Luc Bondy. Here are two reviews:

ROSSINI: Armida — Venice 1970

Armida, Dramma per musica in tre atti.

BARRY: The Intelligence Park

Irish composer Gerald Barry insists that ìReally, my music is very straightforward.

Die Frau ohne Schatten, Finnish National Opera

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7b5292fe-9dc7-11da-b1c6-0000779e2340.html

The Consummate Vocal Recitalist

http://www.nysun.com/article/27609

Opera & Society

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=4&tid=48