This recording is another gem from the Complete Vivaldi Edition, a collaboration of NaÔve (opus 111) and various Piedmontese institutions [see this authorís review of Vivaldiís Orlando in that series].
Year: 2006
Dull, sleepy ‘Padlock’ gives way to dandy ‘Dido’
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/reviews/critics/mmx-gjd267amt.13feb15,1,6323777.story?coll=mmx-home_bottom_hedsh2o
The Guardian Interviews Violeta Urmana: ‘My voice decides what’s good for me’
First she was forced to sing mezzo roles. Then she was invited to be president of Lithuania. Violeta Urmana tells Tim Ashley why she prefers life as a soprano
Preview: Macbeth, Royal Opera House, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article345824.ece
Hercules in Brooklyn ó Two Reviews
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is presenting Handel’s Hercules with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie and directed by Luc Bondy. Here are two reviews:
LA Times: A sense of adventure lost. And found.
Conservatism is once more on the rise in the orchestral world but the starchy old Met, under new boss Peter Gelb, is trying to buck the trend.