http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/desert-songs-given-an-extra-layer-of-drama/2009/11/30/1259429335052.html
Month: November 2009
Vancouver Opera’s Norma pleases, but takes no risks
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/vancouver-operas-norma-pleases-but-takes-no-risks/article1382168/
THOMAS: Hamlet — London 2003
Hamlet: OpÈra in five acts.
Music composed by Ambroise Thomas. Libretto by Michel CarrÈ and Jules Barbier after The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare.
Mark Padmore at Wigmore Hall
Mark Padmore and The English Concert took us on a journey from the dark depths of melancholy to the ethereal transcendence of joy, in a display of consummate artistry at the Wigmore Hall.
Cecilia Bartoli, The Tsarina’s Slippers, Swanhunter, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/29/cecilia-bartoli-tsarinas-slippers-swanhunter
A beer at the opera with Falstaff
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2009/nov/27/beer-verdi-falstaff
Le Balcon, Grand Theatre, Bordeaux
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c88293ba-dab0-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1