ìCarmen, un bon conseilî warns Frasquita in the last act of the opera. So friends, heed my advice and donít play this CD in your car when you are accompanied by someone who likes opera but is not crazy on lieder.
Year: 2006
Soprano Vaness to leave the UW
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002757688_vaness24.html
Glasgow gets the scale just right
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ff6c7966-8c7d-11da-9efb-0000779e2340.html
MERCADANTE: La vestale
It is now slightly over 40 years since the first recording of a complete opera by Saverio Mercadante (an Il Giuramento with Maria Vitale and Amedeo Berdini) was released on LP. I quickly fell in love with his music, and realized that, while not necessarily on the same level as Bellini and Donizetti, he was not far behind, and that more of his works would be extremely welcome.
Paris braced for Michael Haneke’s ‘mystery’ Mozart
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1693547,00.html
Two Clueless Newlyweds, Sharing a Bill With Purcell
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/arts/music/24dido.html