http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-li.arts15nov15,0,1222466.story
Month: November 2007
Mozart’s life in letters
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article2869775.ece?EMC-Bltn=FEJBG4
Libera ó Angel Voices
“They are boys, and they sing, but don’t call them choirboys. ‘Libera’ prefer to be called a vocal group ó a real boy band, if you like.”
ROSSINI: Torvaldo e Dorliska
Between the efforts of recording companies Naxos and Opera Rara, Rossini-philes have been living in a golden age.
Portraits of Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Olga Borodina
Philips decided some time ago that it no longer needed to be the audio representative for two fine contemporary singers of Russian origin, mezzo Olga Borodina and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Aida at ENO
After the marketing gimmickry of Sally Potter’s production of Carmen, and a dance-based Poppea set at the bottom of the sea, it did not bode well when the advertising for ENO’s latest
production included an interactive dress-up doll circulated by email.
Macbeth in Istanbul
Attending the opera may not be the first thing you think of when visiting Istanbul, but opera is to be found (if less well advertised than the local Bach Festival) at the Ataturk Cultural Center on Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul.
ìThe Sacrificeî ñ Welsh National World Premiere Tour
Welsh National Operaís new opera ìThe Sacrificeî, composed by James MacMillan with libretto by Michael Symmons Roberts, and directed by Katie Mitchell, is an emotionally raw and compelling study of the nature of conflict, and how humans are changed by it.