http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/3873623.html
Month: May 2006
Placido Domingo ó Great Scenes
Domingo-fans probably have all complete performances from which these scenes were culled, as they were widely broadcast in Europe during the eighties.
ENO’s `Makropulos Case’ Has Mackerras, 337-Year-Old Heroine
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a.H4T_HzK11o&refer=culture
HALFFTER: Don Quijote
I can’t imagine a more utopian enterprise for a composer than writing an opera at the end of the twentieth century.
Urge.com and Online Classical (Whatever That Is)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/arts/music/19urge.html
Hvorostovsky Leads a Very Russian Decoding of Michelangelo’s Writings
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/arts/music/19dmit.html
VERDI: Don Carlo
For a time this Don Carlo was a return to times people thought long gone. As always, Dutch papers covered beforehand this new Decker production in depth, as the theme of liberty is an important one.
Met Orchestra/Conlon, Carnegie Hall, New York
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d9693ad0-e68f-11da-a36e-0000779e2340.html
GLUCK: Alceste
Alceste. Tragedia in three acts (Italian version).
Alceste. TragÈdie opÈra in three acts (French version).
Glyndebourne Season Features Strange Rituals, Bollywood Handel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aWNbMX67lbXI&refer=culture