http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/27/il-trovatore-opera-review
Month: February 2011
IphigÈnie en Tauride, New York
Gluck’s operas are part of a continuum, a tradition of French vocal declamation (as opposed to the Italian school of flights of elegant, open-throated vocal fantasy) that can be traced…
All Cried Out, ‘Lucia’ Cedes Emotion to Men
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/arts/music/26lucia.html?_r=1&ref=music
Gyˆrgy Kurt·g Kafka Fragments, Banse and Keller
Gyˆrgy Kurt·g’s Kafka Fragments, op 24, is a masterpiece, one of the seminal works of the late 20th century.
The Bartered Bride, New York
In the mid-nineteenth century, every nationality that did not possess a national state felt a need to prove itself, to square its shoulders and claim nationhood with all the identifying…
Der zerbrochene Krug / Der Zwerg
Der zerbrochene Krug is a very short opera by Viktor Ullmann, based on a comedy by Kleist, concerning the fall of man.
The Turk in Italy, LA Opera
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/opera-review-los-angeles-opera-turk-in-italy.html
Thomas Arne, Bampton Classical Opera
The first performance of Thomas Arne’s masque Alfred took place at Clivedon House on the Thames near Maidenhead, in August 1740.
Parsifal, ENO
This production retains a special place in my heart: its first outing in 1999 was my first Parsifal in the theatre. Saving up my student pennies, I made the journey…
Virginia Arts recalls Civil War
For geography buffs the Rappahannock is a river that flows from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to Chesapeake Bay.