http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/arts/music/19lohe.html
Month: April 2006
A Night to Remember: Placido Domingo & Mstislav Rostropovich
Only a few seconds after watching this DVD I was reminded of one of the great marketing failures in records. More than forty years ago, RCA brought out several glorious LP’s of young Gigli’s records and they put photographs of the sixty-five year old tenor on the sleeve.
Song of America: Music from the Library of Congress
In connection with the joint project by Thomas Hampson and the U.S. Library of Congress to present events about American song and other creativity at venues as varied as Kansas City, Fort Worth, and Carnegie Hall, EMI Classics has released this CD containing tracks from three earlier discs featuring Thomas Hampson.
Alfredo Kraus and Renata Scotto: Villancicos
I fear this is a CD strictly reserved for fans of both singers or for collectors of Christmas albums by classical singers.
The Rake’s Progress at Opera Australia
In March the Glyndebourne Opera production of Jonathan Dove’s Flight played at the 2006 Adelaide Festival. Barely a week later a second Glyndebourne production presented by Opera Australia opened at the Sydney Opera House with further performances in Melbourne at the State Theatre.
Truck-Driving Soprano, Opera-Mad Husband Seek to Seduce London
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a1R8Z2KMycuw&refer=culture
Gˆtterd‰mmerungóRoyal Opera House, London
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1755870,00.html
Handel’s Oratorio ‘Solomon’ at Alice Tully Hall
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/arts/music/18solo.html
Acis and Galatea at NYCO
This season, the New York City Opera presents Handel’s Acis and Galatea. “When it comes to Handel, he not only lives but thrives at City Opera. Here Ovidís Metamorphoses is both the source and the inspiration for Acis and Galatea, one of Handelís most elegant and sensual works.” Here are two reviews.
Lawrence Brownlee: Lieder & Song Recital
A few years ago I picked up a buzz among those close to the Seattle Opera Young Artists’ Program that there would be a truly remarkable young tenor in the program’s production of La Cenerentola that year.