http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article1334253.ece
Month: February 2007
SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtensk District (Kirov Opera)
The Kirov Opera and Orchestra concluded their annual residency at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC last week with a Sunday matinee concert performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1932 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.
CHARPENTIER: Judicium Salomonis, H. 422; Motet pour une longue offrande, H. 434
Neither of these late works (the Judicium Salomonis is from 1702) is new to disc – the former
has two recent recordings, from ten and from twenty years ago, and the latter one, by Herreweghe, released in 1985.
Walewska i przjaciele: Najpiękniejsze pieśnie, arie i. piosenki
The title Walewska i przjaciele, “Walewska and friends,” reflects the intention of the mezzo soprano Małgorzata Walewska, one of the foremost contemporary Polish singers to present herself and some of her colleagues in recording of various kinds of music.
The Hunt of King Charles, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/facea356-b545-11db-a5a5-0000779e2340.html