Melodic and scenic gaiety predominates in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new
production of Franz Leh·r’s The Merry Widow.
Year: 2010
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s The Merry Widow
Simon Boccanegra, New York
The Times used to have a music critic who seemed to feel that singing,
especially in costume, didn’t count as serious music, though he reviewed
opera anyway.
New Music Director for Opera Orchestra
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/arts/music/28arts-NEWMUSICDIRE_BRF.html?ref=music&pagewanted=print
War and Peace, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/452b84e0-09d6-11df-8b23-00144feabdc0.html
Florida Grand Opera’s Eglise GutiÈrrez lifts `Lucia di Lammermoor ‘ to modern heights
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1444224.html
London’s Rambunctious Rake
Covent Garden has revived director Robert Lepage’s popular and well-traveled version of The Rake’s Progress with often thrilling results.
Stirring Storytelling and Amorous Rapture
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/arts/music/26fink.html?ref=music
Kerry Andrew — An Interview
Kerry Andrew is a young British composer who seems to have her finger in an astounding number of pies, from modern sacred choral music to alt-folk, and including vocal chamber ensemble music and jazz. We talked via Skype on Jan. 12, 2010.
War and Peace at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article7000726.ece