It may be possible that there is no more effervescent entertainment on stage
in London now than the tirelessly clever revival of Il Turco in
Italia now playing at the Royal Opera House.
Year: 2010
Il Turco in Londra
No longer stigmatized
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-stigmatized4-2010apr04,0,6451468.story
Tyne Daly as Maria Callas, a diva in a ‘Master Class’ by herself
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204358.html
Hamlet, New York
Design is rotten in Denmark, evidently — and in every other grand
opera locale. “Palace” has come to mean “high school
basement,” or that’s what they look like. “Royal” is
synonymous with sleazy men in suits.
Verdi’s Falstaff (Glyndebourne 2009) on Blu-Ray
Much of the fascination of the new DVD of Verdi’s Falstaff (Glyndebourne 2009) lies in the Richard Jones’s updating: the action takes place in 1946.
Aleksandra Kurzak steps into Cecilia Bartoli’s slippers
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/observations-aleksandra-kurzak-steps-into-cecilia-bartolis-slippers-1933470.html
Otello (Salzburg Festival 2008) on Blu-Ray
There are two reasons why you need to see the new Otello DVD (Salzburg Festival 2008).
BSO/Jayce Ogren, Symphony Hall, Boston
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/73c1d62c-3ce1-11df-bbcf-00144feabdc0.html
Opera’s Alice Coote on trousers, English songs
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/31/DDPU1CKOF7.DTL
In Revival of Verdi, a New Note of Drama
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/arts/music/31traviata.html