http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4beb036-c6cc-11dd-97a5-000077b07658.html
Month: December 2008
Elektra, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Elektra begins with an explosion and remains, with a few lyric interludes, on that extreme pitch throughout its two hours.
Gatti, il Don Carlo e la Scala mancata
http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=37459&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO#
Opera Australia on the rocks
http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/12/08/Opera_Australia_on_the_rocks
Los Angeles Opera’s ‘Carmen’
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-carmen8-2008dec08,0,5345369.story
Parisina at the Festival Hall
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article5302634.ece
The Damnation of Faust
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Music-Review-The-Damnation-of.4769567.jp
La Scala swaps tenors for season opener
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgpkkJC7MrSW9A-QLOaGL-VgUF7AD94U4A0G3
Barenboim, the busy B
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20081207_Barenboim__the_busy_B.html
Glyndebourne on Tour — Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Glyndebourne Touring Opera has long been bringing its wares to the further reaches of the southern United Kingdom and its current package of Hansel und Gretel, Carmen and The Magic Flute has been drawing good crowds from Norwich in the east to Plymouth in the south-west.