The story is ages old, and every culture has a version of it: the mythic
princess of an underwater realm longs for the love of a mortal man.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Opera Colorado’s ‘mermaid’ tremendous
Andrea Bocelli/Pl·cido Domingo, Lincoln Center, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/083ea952-392f-11e0-97ca-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1EELHTOQJ
The Chill of Grace: A Winter Weekend at COC
At the moment, it seems inevitable that John Adams’ 1987 opera Nixon in China will become a fixture in the repertoire.
Life After the Opera
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704422204576130200961562830.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_TOPRightCarousel_1
Welsh National Opera’s new production Die Fledermaus
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/music-in-wales/2011/02/11/welsh-national-opera-s-new-production-die-fledermaus-91466-28151176/
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.