Vienna returns Mozart’s Affection

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060107.wmozart0107/BNStory/specialTravel/

The Guardian on Beaumarchais

How to stage a revolution

Beaumarchais, the dramatist behind The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, was more than a mere playwright – he shaped the 18th century.

The Guardian on Lorenzo da Ponte

The phoenix

A poet, priest and womaniser, who ended his days as a grocer, he also wrote the words to some of the greatest operas. On the eve of Mozart’s 250th anniversary, Anthony Holden looks at the colourful life of his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte

Welsh Opera lands Met high flyer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1680440,00.html

Dvo?·k und seine Zeit

Dvo?·k und seine Zeit ñ Dvo?·k and his Time ñ immediately conveys a singular perspective on some of the vocal music of AntonÌn Dvo?·k (1841-1904) in the context of his generation. Recorded on 17 August 2004, the music on this two-CD set is from the second of two programs that were given at the 2004 Salzburg Festspiel under the rubric of ìDvo?·k und seine Zeit.î

Natalie Dessay: Mozart Concert Arias

I wonder how Natalie Dessay would comment on this CD made more than 10 years ago when she was barely thirty? The lady is a dream for every interviewer.

BELLINI: La Sonnambula

What to do, what to do, with Bellini and Romaniís bel canto masterpiece, La Sonnambula? The exquisite music demands to be performed, so the opera continues to have an existence on the fringes of the standard repertory.

OPW and Keith Williams Architects to design Wexford Opera House

http://www.irish-architecture.com/news/2006/000002.html

MOZART: Requiem

Requiem in D Minor (K. 626)

Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Text based on the Mass for the Dead (Requiem Mass).

Ablaberdyeva/Korobeinikov at Wigmore Hall, London ó Four Reviews

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/01/ablaberdyevakor.php