This wasn’t an “easy” program for dilettantes.
Year: 2007
Cori Spezzati: Venetian Polychoral Music
If there ever was a moment where architecture and music became passionately tied to one another, it would be when the polychoral music of the 16th century was tied to St. Mark’s
cathedral in Venice.
Launch of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2007
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2007/02/launch_of_bbc_c.php
MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina
At the curtain call for the first night of WNO’s new production of the infrequently performed Khovanshchina director David Pountney wore a simple Russian shirt.
Goerne/Metzmacher, Wigmore Hall, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a6baef6e-c1ce-11db-ae23-000b5df10621.html
After 45 Years, Lorin Maazel Is to Conduct at the Metropolitan Opera
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/arts/music/22maaz.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Pavarottiís heir breaks rules with encore on the high Cs
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article1421347.ece
Victoria de los Angeles performs Ravel, Debussy & Duparc
Carmen was one of Victoria de los Angeles’ favorite roles and she brought to it much that we
hear on this recording of French songs: a winsome voice without heavy vibrato, a close attention to musical detail, and an evident understanding of the French words that she conveys, if not with an impeccable accent, at least with a convincingly understandable pronunciation.
Simon Boccanegra, Metropolitan Opera, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a912aba2-c10c-11db-bf18-000b5df10621.html
Launch of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2007