http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/villazon-to-have-surgery-cancels-performances/
Month: April 2009
Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” at La Fenice — Two Women in a Labyrinth
From the word “go”, the audience feels that this “Maria Stuarda” is quite different from the standard fare offered by Italian theatres.
Lohengrin at The Royal Opera, London
I first saw this production in Manchester in 1981: I loved it then and love it now, despite the present hero’s un-Heldentenor qualities when compared to the glorious Peter Hoffman of yore.
Coronation revived by some great singing and a little restraint
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090427.APOPPEA27ART1617/TPStory/Entertainment
Glyndebourne’s first ever semi-opera
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/entertainment/Glyndebournes-first-ever-semiopera.5209530.jp
Suffering Br¸nnhilde, Her Betrayers and an Unexpected Hero
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/arts/music/27gott.html?ref=music
In Brooding Lieder, Gentleness and Drama
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/arts/music/27pape.html?ref=music
Opera for the Common Man
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/opera_for_the_common_man/9816/
Kwangchul Youn makes his long-awaited debut at the Royal Opera House, London.
Youn made his Bayreuth debut in 1996, only six years after coming to Europe. He sang the Nightwatchman in Der Meistersinger von N¸rnberg.