To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s death Carlos
Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra gave in early July two performances of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde featuring the vocal soloists Alexandra Petersamer and Christian Elsner.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago Commemorates Gustav Mahler
La rondine, Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park’s unique selling point has always been a devotion to the more obscure works of Puccini and his Italian contemporaries.
Cendrillon, Royal Opera
Words, stories, books — the gateway to a world of fantasy in which anything is possible.
Guillaume Tell, Caramoor Festival
For classical music fans, summer means only one thing: summer festivals. The goal of these festivals is to showcase a wide range of repertory with thought provoking creativity.
Maria di Rohan/Saul, Buxton Festival, Derbyshire, UK
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/0fa6d814-ab9d-11e0-8a64-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1SkUK6UTd
Alexandra Deshorties carves indelible image as the wily sorceress in Glimmerglass’s ‘Medea’
http://blog.cnycafemomus.com/2011/07/12/july-10-glimmerglass-festival-medea.aspx
Faust Reaches Santa Fe Opera — And How!
The celebrated New Mexico opera festival has, in its fifty-fifth season, created a production of Charles Gounod’s 1859 masterpiece Faust, its first ever.
Aix-en-Provence Festival 2011, France
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/440cf328-a96c-11e0-bcc2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Re23yQVP
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.
Raffaele Cardone, Miami Lyric Opera
Remember when opera was all the rage? Remember when you could walk across to any town and experience a whole different opera scene, a different opera house, different orchestras and singers?