http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09bastille.html?scp=3&sq=&st=nyt
Year: 2009
Soprano Upshaw muse to composer
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090709/ENT07/907090331/1025/ENT/Soprano+Upshaw+muse+to+composer
DONIZETTI: Don Gregorio
Like a baseball player with a low batting average but a propensity for home runs, Gaetano Donizetti composed dozens of operas, among which only a very few get frequent performances today.
DVO?¡K: Kr·l a uhlÌ? (The King and the Charcoal Burner)
Years before Antonin Dvo?·k composed his most famous opera Rusalka (1900), he completed a series of works in the genre which contributed to his reputation and skill in this genre.
An Acrobatic Approach to a Ruminative Tale of Love
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09amour.html?hpw
“American Idols” of opera, SFO’s Heidi Melton and Leah Crocetto, win big bucks $75,000
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d8-American-Idol-of-opera-SFOs-Heidi-Melton-wins-25000-Leah-Crocetto-wins-50000
In Performance: Bach Festival opens
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2009/07/in_performance_bach_festival_o.html
Opera Maverick Makes Small Festival a Top Draw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/arts/08iht-loomis8.html?ref=arts
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was. . .
With its’ title taken from the composer’s Suite of English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, Tony Palmer’s film Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… is a solid documentary assembled from interviews, rehearsal clips, photographs and other audio-visual materials to create a vivid portrait of the composer.
Saariaho’s sumptuous L’amour de loin at the ENO, London
Absence of plot is by no means an impediment in opera.