http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article356110.ece
Month: April 2006
The Opera ‘Adriana Mater’ Addresses Motherhood in a War Zone
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/arts/music/05adri.html
ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino
ìA jewel box of a theaterî: that great clichÈ of the opera world comes to mind when viewing a production from the Schwetzinger Festspiele held at the Rokokotheater Schwetzingen.
Adriana Mater, Paris Opera, Bastille
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3040c3e2-c3f8-11da-bc52-0000779e2340.html
Alice Coote Sings Mahler and Schubert
The British mezzo, Alice Coote, will make her Met Opera debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro later this month. On the first of April, she gave a recital of Mahler and Schubert lieder, accompanied by Julius Drake. Here are two reviews.
New Documents Suggest Mozart Wasn’t Poor
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MOZARTS_MONEY?SITE=NYSAR&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-04-04-11-33-42
Performance Cancellations at the Bavarian State Opera as a Consequence of the Ongoing Ver.di Strike
http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/c.php/index_bso.php?dom=dom1&&l=en
Young Man in a Hurry ó Iestyn Davies
I met with Iestyn Davies at 1330 hours precisely, on the steps of the Hippodrome theatre, Bristol, England, where he was singing the role of Hamor in Welsh National Operaís riveting production of Handelís ìJephthaî.