http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-soprano6apr06,1,1905589.story
Month: April 2008
ANNA BOLENA ñ English Touring Opera
In a climate in which bel canto opera seems to be enjoying a steady and welcome revival, ETO opened their current season with a welcome production of Donizetti’s historically dubious…
Move over, Edinburgh
http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2270713,00.html
SUSANNAH ñ English Touring Opera
The most interesting opera on ETO’s Spring 2008 tour was Carlisle Floyd’s 1950s tale of religious hypocrisy in the rural Deep South, based on the Apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders.
Gheorghiuís Big Screen ëBohËmeí
http://www.nysun.com/arts/gheorghiu%E2%80%99s-big-screen-%E2%80%98boh%C3%A8me%E2%80%99
DON GIOVANNI ñ English Touring Opera
The last of the three operas on ETO’s Spring 2008 tour was sung in English, and updated to a Spain of the mid-twentieth century under Franco.
`Wozzeck’ Waits on Tables, Murders Marie in Paris Staging
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=al.gt9fVIEXc
MASSENET: Esclarmonde
Esclarmonde: OpÈra romanesque in four acts and eight tableaux.
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantatas [BWV 64, 151, 57 and 133]
This installment of John Eliot Gardinerís impressive Bach Cantata Pilgrimage comes from close to the end of his millennial Wanderjahr, presenting cantatas for Christmas week.
A voice freed by discipline
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20080330_A_voice_freed_by_discipline.html?adString=ph.entertainment/entertainment;!category=entertainment;&randomOrd=040108085835