http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article356792.ece
Year: 2006
The Finnish Soprano Soile Isokoski Returns for New York Dates
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09gure.html
BELLINI: La sonnambula — La Scala 1955
La sonnambula, Melodramma in due atti
Music composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835). Libretto by Felice Romani, based on La Sonnambule ou L’arrivÈe d’un nouveau Seigneur (1827) by EugËne Scribe.
Farewell, Maestro
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2006/04/10/entertainment/entertainment02.txt
Netrebko Romps Through Met’s ‘Pasquale’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800574.html
LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci
No exact date is given for this performance and there is good reason for
it. The sleeve notes clearly state that baritone Enzo Sordello (of the 15
minutes of world fame when the Met fired him for clinging to a high note
longer than Callas) sings the role of Silvio.
Rosie Millard on the price of tickets at Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House is publicly funded – so why does it charge more than £100 per seat, asks Rosie Millard
La Belle Helene, Coliseum, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article356359.ece
BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Tragedia lirica in due atti e quattro parti.
Music composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). Libretto by Felice Romani, based on the play Giulietta e Romeo (1818) by Luigi Scevola.
The Guardian on Helen of Troy and Opera
She’ll always have Paris
Sexual icon, dark temptress or a smutty comedienne? Helen of Troy has fascinated writers and composers for centuries.