Edinburgh International Festival Opens Tonight With Elektra

http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/print/5048.html

VERDI: Don Carlo

Myto is always generous with its timings, usually producing very full CD’s and thus of necessity offering a bonus if a performance doesn’t fill the whole of the record.

SCHUBERT: Der Graf von Gleichen

Most of us who listen to opera often chose a work to relax us on a quiet evening; perhaps lighting some candles, and opening that bottle of good vino you’ve been saving for a special occasion.

WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde, Handlung (drama) in three acts.
Music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

OFFENBACH: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

When the Ring theater burned in Vienna, on December 8, 1881,1 Richard Wagner commented that it left him “cold” to know that a number of patrons should die while at a performance of Jacques Offenbach’s music.

SANTA FE OPERA: Golden Oldies

Carmen and The Magic Flute have finally made it onto my calendar, a nice way to end the summer opera festival at Santa Fe.

Mozartís Singspiels and ëThe Magic Fluteí at the Salzburg Festival

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/arts/music/07flut.html

Giulio Cesare — Glyndebourne

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1838690,00.html

Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival, UK

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/28e91354-2633-11db-afa1-0000779e2340.html

In Santa Fe, bold new ‘Tempest,’ basic ‘Carmen’

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/15198093.htm