Glyndebourne’s 2004 live recording of Gianni Schicchi, produced by Opus Arte, is quite possibly the most electric and riveting performance of this Puccini one-act opera.
Month: June 2006
Grendel, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/15bae226-faff-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html
Patricia Ciofi retrouve Dona Anna
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20060613.FIG000000194_patricia_ciofi_retrouve_dona_anna.html
WOLF: Prometheus — Orchesterlieder
Like other nineteenth-century composers, Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) orchestrated some of his Lieder, and his contributions to the genre of Orchesterlieder are impressive.
The Rake’s Progress ó Aldeburgh festival
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1795320,00.html
Powder Her Face, Barbican Hall, London
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e87a0ef4-f973-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html
Fedora, Opera Holland Park, London
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64558454-f974-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html
Taymor’s Flash Tops Goldenthal’s Score in L.A. Opera `Grendel’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aiRse14xyza0&refer=culture
MOZART: CosÏ fan tutte ó La Scala 1956
CosÏ fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (K. 588). Opera buffa in two acts.
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Daniel Rodriguez, New York’s ‘Singing Cop,’ Tries an Opera
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/arts/music/09pagl.html