Adapting an extended literary work for the stage remains a challenge today
and was no less so in the baroque era. Ariosto’s enormously long poem
Orlando Furioso was extremely popular and inevitably his highly
coloured characters found their way onto the operatic stage.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Orlando Furioso, London
In for the long haul
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/in-for-the-long-haul/story-e6frg8n6-1226025846825
Monteverdi The Return of Ulysses, ENO/ Young Vic
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/monteverdi-the-return-of-ulysses-eno-young-vic-2252967.html
Domingo not done with ‘Il Postino,’ but Texans have composer’s OK to jump in
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/placido-domingo-il-postino-.html
A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini’s Last Comic Opera
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/arts/music/bartlett-sher-directs-rossinis-le-comte-ory-at-the-metropolitan-opera.html?_r=1
A Magical ‘Flute’ Without the Fanfare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704608504576208381100985642.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4
Strauss’s Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/24/strauss-intermezzo-scottish-opera
SFist Interviews: Soprano Melody Moore
http://sfist.com/2011/03/24/sfist_interviews_soprano_melody_moo.php
Sarasota Opera Winter Festival 2011
Opera is alive and well in Sarasota. “It feels like it did before,” says Communications Officer for Sarasota Opera Patricia Horwell.