http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a1061d70-c00b-11da-939f-0000779e2340.html
Year: 2006
STRAUSS: Daphne
New recordings of complete operas lumber into view these days as the dinosaurs trod painfully into a dying sun in an animated depiction of their extinction.
Retired opera star returns to Iowa
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=ACD412A6-DEB5-4EAB-9730564EBF58C9FC&dbtranslator=local.cfm
OFFENBACH: La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein
Los Angeles Opera opened the 2005-6 season with a staging of Offenbachís La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein, directed by Hollywoodís Garry Marshall.
A soprano stands tall while others sicken and fall
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/14200972.htm
Jumalaa kiitt‰‰ sielunióHymns in Finnish
In 2001, Finland observed the 300th anniversary of the Finnish Hymnal. As a part of the celebration, YLE (the Finnish public broadcasting company) launched a project to record a substantial portion of the hymnal in performance by soloists or ensembles.
More Offenbach, more often
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/30/bmoff30.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/03/30/ixartright.html
Otto Schenk, Opera Director, Says ‘Don Pasquale’ Is His Last Met Production
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/arts/30otto.html
Darkling by American Opera Projects
The East Thirteenth Street Theatre is so unprepossessing that it would be easy to miss it altogether. From the street the entrance looks like an ice cream shop more so than a theatre. The crowded foyer has chairs around little tables and a food service counter.