http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2011/04/soprano-majeski-sparks-venturesome-civic-program/
Year: 2011
New opera strives to illuminate the enigma known as Van Gogh
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0413-vincent-review-20110412,0,3673390.column
Daniel Cat·n, Composer of Operas in Spanish, Dies at 62
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/arts/music/daniel-catan-composer-of-operas-in-spanish-dies-at-62.html?src=me
Le Freisch¸tz, OpÈra Comique, Paris
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cda8b8b6-6456-11e0-a69a-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JPvv5SoJ
Paata Burchuladze, The Tsar’s Bride, London
“A tale of corruption, passion and poisoning”, as the Royal Opera House, London, describes its first-ever production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, with Paata Burchuladze, highly experienced in this repertoire.
Tosca, NI Opera
“Show goes on despite fresh bomb scare”. Not exactly the sort of
headline a new opera company might have dreamt of for its inaugural production.
Capriccio, Metropolitan Opera
Richard Strauss, nearly eighty years old and past caring what anybody
thought (Pauline aside), ignored the Second World War happening just down the
street and collaborated with his longtime conductor Clemens Krauss in an arch
libretto about the feud for primacy between poetry and music, concluding with
their synthesis in opera.
Die Kluge/Mesdames de la Halle, Zurich Opera
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ceee993e-5fa6-11e0-a718-00144feab49a.html#axzz1IwtV6OkF
Monodramas, NYCO
New York City Opera’s evening of “Monodramas” (under that
general title) may not appeal to the opera-goer who prefers such typical fare as the company’s other offering this week, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, but I found it a devilish and delightful exploration of the depths of inner consciousness.
Still Dangerous After 181 Years?
The new brochure of the 2011-2012 season at Paris’ OpÈra-Comique has
only arrived in the past few days and has already caused a stir in two
countries.