http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/arts/music/09scal.html
Month: December 2006
‘Arabella’ Is Near-Perfect
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900658.html
The Deepest Desire
“In choosing the program for a debut recital disc, perhaps an artist should be overwhelmed by the enormity of the task: how in the world do I begin to sort through the wealth of masterpieces at my fingertips, daring to stamp a select few with my voice?”
Zeffirelli opens La Scala season with ‘Aida’
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/08/arts/web.1209scala.php
Austrian Writer’s Heirs Seek Royalties
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120702168.html
MASSENET: Werther
Who is the most annoying character in opera? Preziosilla from Verdi’s Forza del Destino drives some to distraction, while others wish the conspirators in Ballo would assassinate Oscar in act one.
ENNA: Lille pige med svovlstikkerne
ZEMLINSKY: Die Seejungfrau
Walt Disney has colored our perception of fairy tales, turning them, whatever their source, into egalitarian morality plays: