http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6e2593fe-e45e-11db-bf06-000b5df10621.html
Year: 2007
Colin Graham dies at 75
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/visitstlouis/story/424168FB6D19DEEF862572B60011E19F?OpenDocument
A bride for sale at the Baltimore Lyric
The latest offering from the Baltimore Lyric Opera was Bedrich Smetanaís sparkling comedy Prodana Nevesta (ìBartered Brideî), a little gem of Czech Romantic nationalism that one does not see live very often these days.
BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free; Dybbuk
This excellent disc brings together two ballet scores from the far ends of Leonard Bernstein’s compositional career.
Kurt Weill on Broadway: Songs and Orchestrations by Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill’s perennial appeal can be attributed to various factors, not the least of which is the genuine craft of his stage works.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Film music has become a sort of refuge for some music lovers turned off by the work of those serious music composers who have turned increasingly away from attempting an encounter with a broader public, retreating into an insular word of academic composition.
Mainstay Soprano Feels Snubbed by the Met
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/arts/music/05ruth.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Anna & Rolando Celebrate the Met, Metropolitan Opera, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bd6d35a6-e2ca-11db-a1c9-000b5df10621.html
‘Too fat’ opera star makes slight return
http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2050116,00.html
Ruth Ann’s Rampage: Nobody Wins
Based on reading the New York Times’ account of Met opera soprano Ruth Ann Swenson’s distemper with her home company in New York, published Thursday 5 April over the byline of Daniel J. Wakin, it is hard to find either motivation or reasonable expectation of reward for any of the participants in this travesty – reporter, newspaper, opera manager Peter Gelb (who comes off best), or, least of all, the distraught diva.