We all wish Henry Purcell had written a few more operas like Dido and
Aeneas — simple to cast, simple to stage, offering endless
possibilities for either reserved or outrageous treatment, attractive to every
sort of audience.
Year: 2010
Dido and Aeneas by Les Arts Florissants
Opera review: Long Beach Opera stages ‘Good Soldier Schweik’
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/long-beach-opera-stages-good-soldier-schweik.html
Fischer, NSO mine the beauty in ‘Das Lied von der Erde’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012200018.html?nav=emailpage
Il Mondo della Luna (The World on the Moon)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, around 1777, the Empress Maria
Theresa used to visit Prince Esterhazy’s summer palace at Esterh‡za,
where there was an opera house fully equipped with stage machinery, leading
singers, an orchestra, and a guy named Joseph Haydn to compose on cue.
Respighi — Works for solo voice and orchestra
While Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) is best known to modern audiences for his colorful programmatic works associated with Italian locations, his vocal music is also engaging.
Netrebko and Hvorostovsky, Royal Festival Hall, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f63624a0-06b8-11df-b426-00144feabdc0.html
Monteverdi, 1610: Vespers to Usher in the Baroque
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22vespers.html?ref=music
Norma, ThÈ‚tre du Ch‚telet, Paris
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a31d502c-05eb-11df-8c97-00144feabdc0.html
For Verdi, Masquerading as a Baritone
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/arts/music/20simon.html?ref=music
Simon Boccanegra, Metropolitan Opera, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/379e6866-051b-11df-a85e-00144feabdc0.html