Since he first came to notice a few years ago — in Messiah in this very hall, as Creonte at Covent Garden, and as Arsace in Partenope at New York City Opera, to name by a few recently acclaimed performances — many a starry accolade has been heaped upon young Welsh countertenor, Iestyn Davies: “achingly beautiful tone”,“unforgettable focus and poignancy” and “compelling sense of rhetoric” are typical of the bountiful superlatives.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Ghost Opera & A Chinese Home
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/ghost-opera–a-chinese-home-20110113-19pwy.html
Taking Gilbert & Sullivan Seriously
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576073913819798464.html
NY Phil/AdËs/Hampson, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6d922412-1cdf-11e0-8c86-00144feab49a.html#axzz1B32F4Jxp
Operatic Advice and Counsel…A Welcome New Reference Book
Vincent Giroud’s valuable new French Opera, a Short History, is in hand and very welcome it is.
Un ballo in maschera at its roots
In its production this season of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera
Lyric Opera of Chicago has staged the work in its original locale at the royal
court of Sweden.
Hansel and Gretel, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/40f5a2d0-1758-11e0-badd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1A5Wd4iLB
The Met’s New “Traviata”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-kissel/the-mets-new-traviata_b_803233.html