Although Paris OpÈra’s Dream Team of soprano Natalie Dessay and director Laurent Pelly promised much for the SRO run of Giulio Cesare in Egitto, for the moment we will have to keep dreaming of what might have been.
Month: February 2011
Strauss: Orchestral Songs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/10/strauss-orchestral-songs-review
Opera That Bridges the Divide
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576120193043514446.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4
Composer Ana Sokolovic taps contemporary opera’s taboo emotion with Love Songs
http://www.straight.com/article-373684/vancouver/lyrical-love-aria
Parsifal, La Monnaie, Brussels
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/655b7032-33a5-11e0-b1ed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DUYjOWKN
Don Pasquale, New York
Witty and airy as an after-dinner anecdote over biscuits and cognac, Don
Pasquale (1844) is, unlikely as it may seem, almost the last opera Donizetti
completed before his descent into the madness of tertiary syphilis.
Turandot, Florida Grand Opera
In 2010, Florida Grand Opera held a gala to honor Robert Heuer on his 25th
anniversary as general director.
Nixon in China, New York
Preparing for the Met premier of Nixon in China, I resolved to
forget—or place on hold—everything I remembered, or thought I
remembered, about the real persons who are characters in this opera,
Turandot, San Diego
The original story that formed the basis for the libretto of Puccini’s
opera Turandot told of a Mongolian princess who insisted that any
prospective husband endeavor to win a wrestling match with her.
Opera Company of Philadelphia sets ‘Romeo et Juliette’ in modern fashion world
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110206_Opera_Company_of_Philadelphia_sets__Romeo_et_Juliette__in_modern_fashion_world.html