Ondine provides a nice bonus for fans of Karita Mattila in its recent DVD release of a 2006 Helsinki recital with accompanist Martin Katz.
Month: November 2010
The Forthright Tenor
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704648604575620933227047828.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTSecondBucket
Curtain set to go up on Royal Opera House’s £8.3m workshop
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/18/royal-opera-house-workshop
Singing dog adds bite to operatic satire
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23898746-singing-dog-adds-bite-to-operatic-satire.do
CIM Opera Theater savors the riches in Handel’s “Xerxes”
http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2010/11/cim_opera.html
Joseph Calleja: Tenor up for a challenge
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/892297–joseph-calleja-tenor-up-for-a-challenge
Rare music well done by Opera Lafayette
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111606859.html
Kafka Fragments, Barbican, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/668ae2fc-ee78-11df-9db0-00144feab49a.html#axzz156me2rDa
Stellan Sagvik: An Interview
Swedish composer Stellan Sagvik is a protean figure with a large and diverse body of work ranging from works for solo flute (most recently written for his wife, Kinga Pr·da), to chamber music — five string quartets, with another on the way, and symphonies, operas and choral music.