My heart didn’t exactly leap in joyful anticipation as I entered the Frankfurt Opera and saw the Arabella pre-set on stage: a big, shallow, white box.
Month: February 2009
No Home for Heroes at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna — Pierre Audi’s new production of Handel’s Partenope.
Handel operas are like London buses — you wait for ages and then 3 come along together.
Massenet’s Don Quichotte at San Diego Opera
Ferrucio Furlanetto apparently loves the temperate climes of San Diego in California’s equivalent of late winter.
Strong ‘Pagliacci’ lifts uneven double bill at Lyric Opera
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0216-lyric-cavalleria-ovnfeb16,0,2215908.story
From a vault in Paris: The sound of opera in 1907
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/16/arts/opera.php
Florida Grand Opera parts ways with music director
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/902663.html
The Return of Tobias, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/the-return-of-tobias-queen-elizabeth-hall-londonbrvenus-and-adonis-wiltons-music-hall-londonbrthe-nash-ensemble-wigmore-hall-london-1622133.html
Rigoletto, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7b47b2b2-f85a-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html