Finishing touches

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/3873623.html

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