What happened to Italo Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re? After the opera’s triumphant premiere at La Scala in 1913, Montemezzi was vaulted into the international limelight, and his creation enjoyed regular performances throughout the world until his death in 1952.
Month: May 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac, Royal Opera House, London
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9bdefd88-df7a-11da-afe4-0000779e2340.html
Bostridge and Andsnes Pan Through the Bits and Pieces That Schubert Left Behind
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/arts/music/09ands.html
A shining production of Mozart’s ‘Tito’
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.opera08may08,0,2966667.story?coll=bal-artslife-today
London’s Wigmore Hall Evades Cash Crunch With 300-Year Lease
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a8Lh_ZwQ6Ayg&refer=culture
Lohengrin, Metropolitan Opera, New York
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4931ad84-deb1-11da-acee-0000779e2340.html
Andrew Clark: All the worldís his stage
The scene is an urban wasteland at night. A young man is having sex with a woman in the back of a car while his sidekick keeps watch. An older man appears, hell-bent on attacking his daughterís seducer.
Czech Mezzo Dagmar Peckova Talks About Cutbacks, Kids, Silence
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aTnzWliyvDy4&refer=culture
Hello, cruel world
With its mismatched couples and absurd plot, Cosi Fan Tutte is thought of as Mozart’s ‘frivolous’ opera.