http://www.dailynews.com/entertainment/ci_4684820
Month: November 2006
Purity conquers passion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/11/16/bmclassic16.xml
Soprano set for dramatic ‘Manon Lescaut’
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16026037.htm
OrphÈe aux enfers, Juilliard Opera Center, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d4df00f2-758d-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.html
MOZART: Idomeneo
After an apparently successful premiere in 1781, Mozart’s Idomeneo fell out of favor, not being revived in the composer’s lifetime and staying dormant in the 19th century and first half of the 20th.
The Grove Book of Operas (2nd ed.)
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (the ìNew Groveî) stands as the definitive encyclopedia on music in the English language.1
GIORDANO: Andrea ChÈnier
A socially conscious artist, caught in the violent gyrations of a country in revolution and war, awaits execution.
Handel Unwrapped by Scottish Opera: ìTamerlanoî at tea-time
On a cold, wet and dark Glasgow evening in November, some 500 brave souls received what was possibly their first taste of baroque opera.