PUCCINI: La Rondine — La Scala 1994

La Rondine: Commedia lirica in three acts.

Tristan und Isolde at the MET

The bad luck of last season’s Tristans seems to be edging into the present one — but the curse now finds the house better prepared for trouble.

Didon et EnÈe, attention chef-d’oeuvre

http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/culture/200849/didon-et-enee-attention-chef-d-oeuvre-_170363.html

La Scala in jeans applaude il ´Don Carloª

http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_dicembre_05/scala_jeans_don_carlo_pierluigi_panza_728b90d6-c29e-11dd-8440-00144f02aabc.shtml

London Philharmonic Orchestra — 75th Anniversary, Vol. 3: 1983-2007.

Released to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the three multi-disc sets of recordings makes available recordings that document the triumphs of the ensemble since its founding in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham.

Kulturinstitut l‰dt zum Liederabend mit Annette Dasch

http://www.dolomiten.it/nachrichten/artikel.asp?KatId=bc&p=3&ArtId=129216

Muti, il mio ´Otelloª con Jago protagonista

http://iltempo.ilsole24ore.com/spettacoli/2008/12/04/960255-muti_otello_jago_protagonista.shtml

Barcelona: Figaro la, Figaro qua

Like Seville’s peripatetic barber, Gran Teatro del Liceu’s new Marriage of Figaro is rather all over the place.

Two operas, scaled for a chamber

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/02/two_operas_scaled_for_a_chamber/

Tannh‰user, Deutsche Oper Berlin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efd87ef4-c083-11dd-9559-000077b07658.html