Music-masters, singing lessons and serenading bands all abound in
Rossini’s comic masterpiece, Il Barbiere di Sivilglia, but at
this performance it was the medical rather than the musical puns which drew the
loudest laughs.
Year: 2009
Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Covent Garden
Korn/Ferry Sponsorship Pullout Shakes Holland Park: Interview
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aXW7yhWyxbLY#
Down on a Virginia Farm, a New Festival of Music
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/arts/music/14beggar.html
SF Opera celebrates beginning new era with incoming music director Nicola Luisotti
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d13-SF-Opera-celebrates-beginning-new-era-with-incoming-music-director-Nicola-Luisotti
Tosca at Royal Opera House
This revival of Jonathan Kent’s 2006 production of Tosca brings to an end the ROH’s ‘Italian Season’ in fine style.
The Royal Opera’s 2008-9 season ends in a blaze of glory with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Puccini’s Tosca
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/5796134/Il-Barbiere-di-Siviglia-Tosca-review.html
Bright lights among the shades — The passion of Orpheus pervades a historic Aldeburgh Festival
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6682456.ece
The Met’s Favorite Tenor: Marcello Giordani
Marcello Giordani, at present singing a generally highly praised Cavaradossi at the Royal Opera House in London, is the leading exponent of the great Italian and French tenor roles at the Metropolitan Opera, and the man whom James Levine describes as ‘my favorite tenor.’ This prominence has been arrived at after a steady rise to fame: he will celebrate the 25th year of his career in the 2010-11 season.