One of the leading lights of Berg’s Vienna was the architect Adolf Loos, the great crusader against ornament.
Year: 2010
Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Real
The greatest dramatic tenor and soprano roles have proven irresistible to Marcelo Alvarez, who started primarily as a lyric tenor, and Violeta Urmana, whose first career success came as a mezzo.
Sigismondo, La Cenerentola, Demetrio e Polibio at Pesaro
The fourteen year old Rossini composed his first opera Demetrio e Polibio in 1806 though it was not performed for another six years.
Idomeneo, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a57b7cc-aed1-11df-8e45-00144feabdc0.html
Edinburgh Festival 2010: Susan Bullock on playing Minnie in La fanciulla del West
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/edinburgh-festival/7959712/Edinburgh-Festival-2010-Susan-Bullock-on-playing-Minnie-in-La-fanciulla-del-West.html
The battle for Bayreuth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/23/katharina-wagner-bayreuth
Spratlan’s arid, pretentious “Dream” proves dated and deadly in belated world premiere
http://theclassicalreview.com/2010/08/spratlan%E2%80%99s-arid-pretentious-%E2%80%9Cdream%E2%80%9D-proves-dated-and-deadly-in-belated-world-premiere/
A Rarely Heard Mozart Cantata Completes a Wide-Ranging Festival
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/arts/music/23mozart.html?_r=1&ref=music
A Response To Philip Kennicott’s “Ring Ideal”
http://www.soundsandfury.com/soundsandfury/2010/08/a-response-to-philip-kennicott.html
Robert Baksa — An Interview by Tom Moore
Robert Baksa is a name that is well-known to lovers of contemporary chamber music, with a hundred chamber works to his credit.