Towards the end of his life Britten became interested in the idea of developing the opera experience beyond the technical confines of the stage. He would have, I think, loved this film because it’s so intelligently sensitive to his fundamental ideas. It is, no less, a work of art built around a work of art.
Month: May 2007
Faust and the Exploding Angel
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/arts/music/27kell.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Nie wieder Kˆnigin der Nacht
http://www.welt.de/kultur/article896558/Nie_wieder_Koenigin_der_Nacht.html
Amanda Roocroft, Middle Temple Hall, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/eefba918-0a43-11dc-93ae-000b5df10621.html
Preview: Fidelio, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts/music/features/article2579330.ece
Carol I. Crawford To Leave At Conclusion Of 2008-2009 Season
http://www.operatoday.com/documents/Tulsa_Opera.pdf
Opera on the move at Spoleto USA
Charleston, S.C. ó For over 20 years it was two operas a season here at Spoleto USA, the all-arts
festival brought to this cultural capital of the Old South by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1977.