http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/arts/music/15ange.html
Year: 2006
Gluck’s `Iphigenie’ Ends Up in Old Folks’ Home at Paris Opera
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a.ZRWfFjkXqU&refer=culture
BACH: Cantatas, vol. 14
This installment in the remarkable Bach Cantata Pilgrimage series presents four Christmas cantatas: “Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ,” BWV 91; “Unser Mund sei voll Lachens,” BWV 110; “Dazu ist erschienen,” BWV 40; and “Christum wir sollen loben schon,” BWV 121, all recorded live in St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York City.
Karita Mattila, Barbican Hall, London
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London’s New Old `Tosca’ Has Mopey Gheorghiu, Stunning Terfel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=adxLGvqqqHus&refer=culture
Piero Cappuccilli: Recital
Can you believe it? With all the profound knowledge of my 24 years, I first visited the Verona Arena in 1968. On was Trovatore with Bergonzi, Gencer and, as Luna, Piero Cappuccilli.
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
Glyndebourne’s 2004 live recording of Gianni Schicchi, produced by Opus Arte, is quite possibly the most electric and riveting performance of this Puccini one-act opera.
Grendel, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/15bae226-faff-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html