There was a time when the works of Benjamin Britten, one of the
20th-Century’s supreme composers, were not welcome at Santa Fe Opera.
Month: August 2010
To Loxford with Love
Marco Polo at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
Does this Tan Dun opera prove or disprove that for East and West, the twain shall never meet?
Michael Christie conducts Corigliano in Aspen
Michael Christie, now 34, was too young to see John Corigliano’s Ghosts of Versailles when it was new at the Metropolitan Opera in 1991.
Santa Fe Opera sings a familiar note
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/article_5bcc9db2-c851-5ff8-80bf-b105960f3b46.html
Santa Fe’s Busy ‘Tales,’ Bloody ‘Butterfly,’ Tinny ‘Flute’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419283101986708.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4
Unthinkable? Mid-opera clapping
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/aug/14/unthinkable-mid-opera-clapping-editorial
Families get to go Behind the Curtain at Wolf Trap
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lifestyle/Families-get-to-go-Behind-the-Curtain-at-Wolf-Trap-470804-100665934.html
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/af1398de-a620-11df-9cb9-00144feabdc0.html
Braving All the Boos To Advance A Wagnerian Vision
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15wagner.html?_r=1&ref=music