Angels in America, Peter Eˆtvˆs’s opera based on the Tony Kushner plays, received its London premiere. This was very high profile. David Robertson conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance that will be broadcast internationally, online on www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.
Month: March 2010
Harrison Birtwistle: The Minotaur
Premiered on 15 April 2008, The Minotaur is Harrison Birtwistle’s latest opera, and it stands well with the composer’s other stage work.
End of the aria as opera falls on hard times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6e6b998-360e-11df-aa43-00144feabdc0.html
Eva Marton in Puccini and Strauss
At one point in her career, Eva Marton appeared poised to be the true inheritor of Birgit Nilsson’s legacy roles: Wagner and Strauss’s most dramatic heroines, as well as key Italian roles (Puccini in particular).
Wolfgang Wagner, Director of Bayreuth, Is Dead at 90
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/arts/music/23wagner.html
La Voix humaine/Herzog Blaubarts Burg, Oper der Stadt Kˆln
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/744e9b0e-369f-11df-b810-00144feabdc0.html
Villazon Triumphs in Stage Return as Love-Sick Twit
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aOY8Cj1dclng#
Il pastor fido at the Royal College of Music
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article7071692.ece