Strikes on the London Underground system may have made this a particularly exhausting and exasperating week for Londoners, but despite these wearing adversities Friday evening saw an eager crowd flock to the Wigmore Hall, in excited anticipation of an inspiring and invigorating blend of the familiar and the unfamiliar — and they were not disappointed.
Year: 2009
Die schˆne M¸llerin at Wigmore Hall
Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach unite in a Schˆne M¸llerin of searing intensity.
Mozart: Idomeneo
“Mozart’s first mature masterpiece,” Sophie Becker calls Idomeneo in the booklet essay of this DVD set of a June 2008 Bayerische Staatsoper staging.
A classic confection that’s near perfection
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/48074807.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Anna Netrebko returns to S.F. in ‘La Traviata’
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/15/DDTC1873M1.DTL
AOP & Opera On Tap Present 2nd Part Of Opera Grows In Brooklyn Series 7/11
http://broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.cfm?id=56459
Anna Netrebko – an opera superstar but no diva
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/12/LVAK182A57.DTL
Kiri Te Kanawa emerges with a song in her heart
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-kiri14-2009jun14,0,4349627.story
Goddesses Have Their Moment in Boston
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/arts/music/13poppea.html?ref=arts