http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/440cf328-a96c-11e0-bcc2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Re23yQVP
Year: 2011
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Holland Park
Even before a note was sounded at Opera Holland Park on Saturday evening, the still summer evening was ruffled by a breeze of unease.
Scenes from Two Marriages
By 1825, as Rossini’s operatic vein was approaching exhaustion, the
Neapolitan Saverio Mercadante ranked as a front-runner for his succession
alongside Bellini and Donizetti; much more so, however, in the field of serious
drama than in opera buffa.
Juan, a film by Kaspar Holten
I recently got the chance to see Juan, the Kaspar Holten film version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Cendrillon, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/231c0982-a7bf-11e0-a312-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1RWydPyil
Der Ring des Nibelungen in San Francisco
Some of the experts said it was the best Ring ever, others merely
said it was one of the best (these were lecturers at a Wagner Society
symposium).
Soprano regains her composer
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/soprano-regains-her-composer-20110701-1gut4.html
Kat’a Kabanov· in the big city
http://likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2011/07/kata-kabanova-in-big-city.html
The Puzzle Of Rossini’s Brief Career
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/arts/music/rossini-and-his-abrupt-farewell-to-opera.html