Rattle Conducts Mozart With a German Touch

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MOZART_NEW_YORK?SITE=COSTE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Party Rolls on for Die-Hard Mozart Fans

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AUSTRIA_MOZART_MANIA?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-01-28-17-28-45

A Nose Job Only Roxanne Could Love

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/music/29shattuck.html?_r=1

In Salzburg, a Warm Birthday Party on a Cold Night

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/arts/music/28moza.html

Archived Met Broadcasts on BBC Radio 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio3/aod.shtml?radio3/operaon3_sat

ROSSINI: Il Turco in Italia

Clearly someone at Naxos loves Rossini. The label only recently released a good Cenerentola with the most excellent Joyce Di Donato, and the back catalog contains many titles, including highly praised sets of Barbieri (with Ramon Vargas) and Tancredi (featuring Ewa Podles).

World Honors Mozart on 250th Birthday

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/27/ap/entertainment/mainD8FD2KN8C.shtml

Composer, and opera, are a mixed bag

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/arts/ny-secfirst4599267jan25,0,1530554.story?coll=ny-arts-headlines

A Master With a Mission, Despite Her Personal Trials

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/arts/music/27horn.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1

K¡LM¡N: Lieder

I wonder if a record company, any record company, would have taken the trouble of recording these songs if the composer had been Zoltan Kocsis or Deszˆ Ranki instead of Imre (his real first name) K·lm·n?