In 2007 it was an experiment; now itís a new summer festival firmly rooted in fertile Texas turf with a bright view of its second season and of the more distant future as well.
Month: May 2008
Spoleto USA revives opera, hall
Operas do not often get a second chance. A new work is premiered and ó if itís a co-commission ó it moves on to another company or two.
Glyndebourne: lust, greed -and some great tunes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/08/bmopera108.xml
Latest mash-up: COC and hip hop
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080507.whiphop07/BNStory/Entertainment/Music/
Muti to CSO
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/classical-music-and-culture/classical-musicculture/2008/05/muti-to-cso/
Carolyn Abbate Joins University of Pennsylvania Faculty as Professor of Music
[7 May 2008] (Media-Newswire.com) – PHILADELPHIA ñ- Carolyn Abbate, who ranks among the worldís foremost musicologists, has been appointed the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Music at the University…
Conductor to skip vampire-themed opera
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-web-0507-music-vampiresmay08,0,2772489,print.story
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail is too light to be a grand opera, but it makes rather grander demands of its singers than operetta could possibly bear.
Canadaís Brueggergosman makes the most of Mozart
When Torontoís Opera Atelier asked her to sing Elettra in Mozartís Idomeneo Measha Brueggergosman hesitated.